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Shutout

noun

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    Closing and forbidding entry, as a lockout in which management prevents works from working.

    "A shutout is a reverse strike: the union complained and the workers wanted to work, but management was opposed."

  2. 2
    a defeat in a game where one side fails to score wordnet
  3. 3
    A game that ends with the losing side being held scoreless.

    "The score wasn't just lopsided: it was a shutout."

Etymology

Deverbal from shut out.

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