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shut down

 
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definition 1: to stop operating.
Many lost their jobs when the factory shut down last year.The patient's heart had shut down and the doctors were doing their best to restart it.
similar words:
close, discontinue, end, fold, halt, liquidate
definition 2: to end the operation of (something).
There's a rumor that they'll be shutting down the plant next year.
definition 3: to become unable to function normally, esp. in terms of responding or reacting to others.
After the accident that killed his wife, he shut down completely.
definition 4: (informal) to thoroughly intimidate (someone), usu. through verbal abuse.
He's such an abusive man. Did you see how he shuts his wife down?
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