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shuts off
| Main Entry: |
shut off/shut out
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| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | exclude; screen |
| Synonyms: | 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: | include, welcome |
| Main Entry: | block out |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | try to forget |
| Synonyms: | close, conceal, cover, hide, obscure, obstruct, screen, shroud, shut off, shut out |
| Antonyms: | recall, remember |
| Main Entry: | close |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | obstruct, seal |
| Synonyms: | bang, bar, block, bolt, button, caulk, choke, clap, clench, clog, confine, congest, cork, dam, exclude, fasten, fill, lock, occlude, plug, prevent passage, put to, retard flow, screen, secure, shut, shut off, shutter, slam, stop up, stopper, stuff, turn off |
| Antonyms: | open, release, unclose, unplug, unseal, unstop |
| Main Entry: | deactivate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | decommission |
| Synonyms: | demilitarize, disband, make inactive, shut down, shut off |
| Main Entry: | decommission |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | withdraw from active service |
| Synonyms: | deactivate, demilitarize, make inactive, retire, shut down, shut off |
| Main Entry: | impede |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | obstruct, hinder |
| Synonyms: | bar, block, blow whistle on, brake, check, clog, close off, cramp one's style, curb, cut off, dam, delay, deter, discomfit, disconcert, disrupt, embarrass, faze, flag one, freeze, hamper, hang up, hold up, interfere, oppose, rattle, restrain, retard, saddle with, shut down, shut off, slow, slow down, stonewall, stop, stymie, thwart |
| Antonyms: | advance, aid, assist, facilitate, forward, help, support |
| Main Entry: | kill |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | turn off; cancel |
| Synonyms: | annul, cease, counteract, deaden, defeat, extinguish, forbid, halt, negative, neutralize, nix, nullify, prohibit, quash, quell, recant, refuse, revoke, ruin, scotch, shut off, smother, stifle, still, stop, suppress, turn out, veto |
| Antonyms: | begin, initiate, start, turn on |
| Main Entry: | obstruct |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | prevent, restrict |
| Synonyms: | arrest, bar, barricade, block, check, choke, clog, close, congest, crab, curb, cut off, drag one's feet, fill, foul up, frustrate, get in the way, hamper, hamstring, hang up, hide, hinder, hold up, impede, inhibit, interfere, interrupt, mask, monkey with, obscure, occlude, plug, restrain, retard, sandbag, shield, shut off, slow down, stall, stonewall, stop, stopper, stymie*, terminate, throttle, thwart, trammel, weigh down |
| Antonyms: | abet, aid, assist, boost, clear, help, promote, support |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | overpower |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | beat; get the upper hand |
| Synonyms: | bear down, beat down, blank, blow away, bulldoze, bury, clobber, conquer, cream*, crush, defeat, drown, drub, immobilize, knock out, lay one out, murder*, overcome, overthrow, overwhelm, prostrate, put away, quell, reduce, roll over, rout, shellack, shut off, smash*, subdue, subjugate, swamp*, take care of, take out*, torpedo, total*, trash*, trounce, vanquish, waste*, wax, whelm |
| Antonyms: | surrender, yield |
* = informal/non-formal usage
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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