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shut-off

noun

  1. a device that shuts something off, esp a machine control
  2. a stoppage or cessation
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


verb

  1. to stem the flow of
  2. to block off the passage through
  3. to isolate or separate
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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But the internal email shows the company has shut off all remote access.

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One way or another, that pump must be shut off or reversed; if not, the result is social breakdown, civil war, even national destruction.

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He dictated a 90-day pause in those tariffs, while simultaneously raising tariffs on Chinese goods to 125% — effectively shutting off the flow in bilateral trade.

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Carrillo said no one from the management team had shut off power or demanded rent since the fire.

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There is no video footage of the incident because several hundred cameras in the facility were shut off for maintenance earlier that morning, according to an internal memo shared with The Times.

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