Synonyms for shut off
shut off

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1. shut off, close offverb

   stem the flow of

   "shut off the gas when you leave for a vacation"

   Synonyms:
   close off, block off

2. shut off, close offverb

   isolate or separate

   "She was shut off from the friends"

   Synonyms:
   close off, block off

3. shut off, block off, close offverb

   block off the passage through

   "We shut off the valve"

   Synonyms:
   stop, block, bar, barricade, block up, block off, blockade, close off

Matched Categories

1. • Block
   • Discontinue
   • Separate

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1. Emmanuel Lepine:

   We are calling a halt to production at the refineries - to shut off at source so to speak, our end-goal is not (fuel) shortages but withdrawal of the labour law.

2. Erin Billings:

   We are in the peak of our thunderstorm season but as we progress into late July and August, we transition to more southwesterly flow which tends to shut off our thunderstorm season.

3. Billy Gardell:

   It's a great game, we have had many, many fights in my house over the Monopoly board. Shut off the TV, shut off the computer, get the family involved. I taught my son [ 11-year-old William ] how to play not too long ago. I put up hotels on a corner and crushed him.

4. Phil Mickelson:

   It’s a unique opportunity because I’ve never won a U.S. Open. It’s in my backyard. I have a chance to prepare properly, and I wanted to put in the right work, so I’ve kind of shut off all the noise. I’ve shut off my phone. I’ve shut off a lot of the other stuff to where I can kind of focus in on this week.

5. Alexandra Brodsky:

   After the last [stealthing] encounter, I just became emotionally shut off, at first I wanted to get pissed and scream at the person, but all that disappointment drains you … Now I just try to be way more careful.