shut down English

Meaning shut down meaning

What does shut down mean?

shut down

— verb (= close up, close) cease to operate or cause to cease operating The owners decided to move and to close the factory My business closes every night at 8 P.M. close up the shop

Synonyms shut down synonyms

What other words have the same or similar meaning as shut down?

shut down English » English

close down

close

close up

fold

turn off

stop production

slam

shut

quit

zip

winding-up

terminate

tearout

switch off

suspend production

suspend

stop work

stop

shutter

shutdown

shut off

secure

seal off

seal

round off

put away

production halts

pound

phase-out produetion

paralyse

off-blast

occlude

obturate

kill

immobilize

immobilise

go bust

gag

finish

fail

end

draw

downtime

disable

cut-off

cum

cry down

coop in

conclude

complete

Topics shut down topics

What do people use shut down to talk about?

Work and occupation Tool

Machine

• What words refer to stopping a machine?
  stop turn off shut down

Examples shut down examples

How do I use shut down in a sentence?

Simple sentences

They decided to shut down the factory.

News and current affairs

KIEV: Chernobyl, the world's most notorious nuclear power plant, will be shut down today, fourteen years after it spewed clouds of radioactive dust into the atmosphere.

Now that Chernobyl will be permanently shut down, world attention again turns to Ukraine, this time in hope, not fear.