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shutting out
verb as in exclude; screen
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This serves the double purpose of shutting out the glances of the curious and keeping out the cold air.
It seemed that a great burden had been lifted from his mind, and he closed his eyes as if shutting out the past now forever.
Why not give up the adventure, and come to this quiet, and this good peace, so shutting out the stir and violence of the world?
It had already closed silently behind them, shutting out the episode forever.
It towered above me like a forest, shutting out all the starlight except what came from directly overhead.
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On this page you'll find 46 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to shutting out, such as: bar, beleaguer, block out, blockade, close, and conceal.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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