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shutting off

VERB

exclude; screen

Synonyms

WEAK

bar beleaguer block out blockade close conceal cover debar discontinue evict fence off hide keep out lock out mask obstruct ostracize refuse seclude shroud veil

Antonyms

WEAK

include welcome

Example Sentences

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With the Strait of Hormuz closed, Kuwait has stopped exporting nearly 2 million barrels a day, depriving the world of around 2% of its daily needs, and shutting off the country’s main income source.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 20, 2026

Engineers must carefully reduce energy use by shutting off heaters and instruments while also preventing the spacecraft from becoming so cold that its fuel lines freeze.

From Science Daily • May 4, 2026

For oil-starved Asian economies, shutting off an estimated one million barrels of Iranian oil a day makes things even bleaker than they already were.

From Barron's • Apr. 13, 2026

My heating engineer came to fix my radiators because they kept shutting off and the hot water was intermittent.

From MarketWatch • Feb. 7, 2026

“Don’t believe everything you hear,” Cecilia said, shutting off the television set with one click of her remote control.

From "Summer of the Mariposas" by Guadalupe García McCall