shut down

Example Sentences

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"Everyone has a right to peaceful protest, but that must never amount to a heckler's veto, which means shutting down other people's right to speak," she said.

From BBC

In all, 5% of the rail network will be shut down over the festive period - part of a £160m engineering project organised by Network Rail.

From BBC

Roughly 110,000 PG&E customers have service again following a major power outage Saturday in San Francisco that left homes in the dark, stalled traffic and shut down restaurants, shops and holiday lighting displays.

From Los Angeles Times

Metro Taipei announced that it had shut down a Christmas market near Zhongshan station on Saturday, which will remain closed for three days in honour of the victims.

From Barron's

After the National Security Law took effect, the newspaper was raided twice and eventually shut down in 2021.

From BBC