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shutting off

VERB

exclude; screen

Synonyms

WEAK

bar beleaguer block out blockade close conceal cover debar discontinue evict fence off hide keep out lock out mask obstruct ostracize refuse seclude shroud veil

Antonyms

WEAK

include welcome

Example Sentences

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Engineers must carefully reduce energy use by shutting off heaters and instruments while also preventing the spacecraft from becoming so cold that its fuel lines freeze.

From Science Daily • May 4, 2026

For oil-starved Asian economies, shutting off an estimated one million barrels of Iranian oil a day makes things even bleaker than they already were.

From Barron's • Apr. 13, 2026

My heating engineer came to fix my radiators because they kept shutting off and the hot water was intermittent.

From MarketWatch • Feb. 7, 2026

Serhiy Sternenko, a drone expert and adviser to Fedorov, cited Russian online channels complaining that Starlink was shutting off when it reached the speed of over 56 miles an hour.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 2, 2026

I concentrated all my might on shutting off the force of the sea.

From "The Battle of the Labyrinth" by Rick Riordan