[
US
/ˈʃətˌdaʊn/
]
[ UK /ʃˈʌtdaʊn/ ]
[ UK /ʃˈʌtdaʊn/ ]
NOUN
-
termination of operations
they regretted the closure of the day care center
How To Use shutdown In A Sentence
- Features include a flow fault indicator, an elapsed time indicator, automatic shutdown and a battery low indicator.
- T.e Saints D received a couple of cheap calls againt Farve, but the refs made it up with the "mystery" defensive pass interference call in O/T. Shutdown Corner Yahoo! Sports - Top News
- Its author believes that Border's bankruptcy and massive store shutdown is a result of the dummying down of books and America's ultimate good taste. Laura Munson: Books Without Borders
- Well, that only works if the shutdown is scheduled. How To Stop Windows From Shutting Down | Lifehacker Australia
- The case involves URA.ru, the largest news agency in the Ural Mountains region, which has been threatened with a shutdown because of anonymous comments made on its Internet forum.
- The shutdown is the latest in a series of painful budget measures.
- Newt Gingrich broke a vital trust when he forced the partial government shutdown for three weeks over Christmas of 1995.
- The emergency shutdown procedure was activated.
- A similar investigation in Japan led to the shutdown of 17 nuclear reactors. Times, Sunday Times
- Along with the gusty winds, torrential rains and the punishing power shutdowns, it rained snakes of all sizes and colours on the city.