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Shut off

verb

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Verb
  1. 1
    To stop or turn off by closing something, such as a valve. intransitive, transitive

    "Richardson dropped into the six-foot between the two engines, ran for a few yards, grabbed Mitchell's engine, and swung himself up. Mitchell had got to his feet by this time, but he made no move. Richardson shut off steam, reversed her, and brought her to a stand."

  2. 2
    block off the passage through wordnet
  3. 3
    To switch off. intransitive, transitive

    "“You can forget about going to that party on Saturday if you don't shut off that video game right now!”"

  4. 4
    isolate or separate wordnet
  5. 5
    To separate; to isolate. intransitive, transitive

    "After his wife died, he shut himself off from the world."

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  1. 6
    stem the flow of wordnet

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