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shut-off

noun

  1. a device that shuts something off, esp a machine control
  2. a stoppage or cessation
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


verb

  1. to stem the flow of
  2. to block off the passage through
  3. to isolate or separate
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Carrillo said no one from the management team had shut off power or demanded rent since the fire.

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There is no video footage of the incident because several hundred cameras in the facility were shut off for maintenance earlier that morning, according to an internal memo shared with The Times.

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While the footage itself is haunting, the more frightening moments occur when the images and sound disappear, when the officers collectively shut off their body cameras to avoid any further incrimination.

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What hasn’t yet been fully explained is why the utility delayed shutting off power to much of the area — and whether it could have done more to prevent the catastrophe.

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Most contact between the nations was shut off following Russia's invasion of Ukraine.

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