Shutdown

"Shutdown" in a Sentence (18 examples)

Among so many actions committed by dictators, we can mention that: they suspend political activity, they suspend the rights of workers, they forbid strikes, they destroy the Supreme Court of Justice, they shutdown nighttime places of business, they censor the mass media, they burn thousands of books and magazines considered dangerous.

Tom opposed the shutdown.

It seemed simple enough. When Tom posted "you cannot vacuum Switzerland" online, every military AI system around the world shutdown and many dam turbines exploded.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu announced a series of sharp restrictions on Israelis to combat the spread of COVID-19. The measures include an almost-total shutdown of the country except for pharmacies and supermarkets and a ban on gatherings of more than ten people. He also said he wants to use cyber-measures to track the locations of those infected.

Up to 10,000 tourists were stranded in Nepal as result of shutdown.

Her husband has been able to work on his farm despite the shutdown.

Zoos are experiencing declined revenues during the coronavirus shutdown.

The Tokyo Stock Exchange had to shutdown because of a hardware glitch.

On November 2, Germany implemented a four-week partial shutdown to bring the rate of new infections under control.

Authorities said the four-day shutdown beginning Monday would allow workers to fumigate rodent burrows for fleas that carry the infectious bacterial disease.

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You need to enter your password at startup, but it's not required at shutdown.

There is a plastic molly-guard covering the escalator's shutdown button to prevent little kids from pushing it and stopping the escalator.

In 1963, there was even more of a shutdown [at Christmas]. The Western and London Midland Regions ran no trains, with the rest of the network having the "barest of skeleton services". The Daily Herald called Beeching's cuts "the most scrooge-like... in railway history".

When he insulted me, my reply was such a shutdown that he left the room.

I retreated into myself and allowed myself to be swallowed into a typically autistic shutdown.

I may even reach the point where I have an autistic shutdown, which means I'll be unable to communicate, interact or socialize.

Their [autistic girls'] distress could come out in all sorts of ways and result in meltdown or shutdown.

Fashion week and it's shutdown / Went to the show, sitting in the front row / In a black tracksuit and it's shutdown

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