shut down

Example Sentences

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Germany's foreign minister sought Wednesday to shut down talk of worsening relations with France, telling AFP that Paris remains Berlin's "closest partner and most important friend in Europe".

From Barron's

Ukrainian authorities say the Druzhba pipeline, which runs from Russia through its territory to Slovakia and Hungary, was shut down after being damaged during a Russian attack near the Ukrainian city of Brody.

From Barron's

Stone missed the entire 2025 season after being shut down the previous season.

From Los Angeles Times

That earlier version introduced a genetic cassette into bacteria, allowing it to copy itself between bacterial genomes and shut down antibiotic resistance genes.

From Science Daily

"I had a heart attack, one of my lungs had collapsed, my kidneys were failing. My body was just completely shutting down."

From BBC