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SHUTTING OFF
| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | hinder, obstruct |
| Synonyms: | arrest, back off, baffle, balk, bog, bog down, brake, bring to screeching halt, check, choke, choke off, clog, close off, crimp, dawdle, decelerate, decrease, defer, delay, detain, down, encumber, falter, fetter, flag, hamper, handicap, hang up, hesitate, hold back, hold up, impede, lessen, let up, loaf, loiter, mire, poke, postpone, reduce, retardate, set back, shut down, shut off, slacken, slow down, slow up, stall, take down |
| Antonyms: | advance, help, push |
| Main Entry: | seclude |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | isolate, hide |
| Synonyms: | blockade, boycott, cloister, closet, conceal, confine, cover, embargo, enclose, evict, immure, ostracize, quarantine, retire, screen, segregate, separate, sequester, shut off, withdraw |
| Antonyms: | join, mingle, socialize |
| Main Entry: | stop |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | prevent, hold back |
| Synonyms: | arrest, avoid, bar, block, bottle, break, check, choke, choke off, clog, close, congest, cut off, disrupt, fill, fix, forestall, frustrate, gag, hinder, hush, impede, intercept, interrupt, muzzle, obstruct, occlude, plug, put a stop to, rein in, repress, restrain, seal, shut down, shut off, shut out, silence, stall, staunch, stay, stem, still, stopper, suspend, throw over, turn off, ward off |
| Antonyms: | allow, continue, encourage |
| Main Entry: | turn off |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | stop from operating |
| Synonyms: | close, cut, cut out, douse, extinguish, halt, hit the switch, kill*, log off, put out, shut, shut down, shut off, switch off, turn out, unplug |
| Antonyms: | begin, open, start, turn on |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | shut out |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | exclude |
| Synonyms: | bar, beleaguer, block out, blockade, close, conceal, cover, debar, discontinue, evict, fence off, hide, keep out, lock out, mask, obstruct, ostracize, refuse, screen, seclude, shroud, shut off, veil |
| Main Entry: | sequestrate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | seclude |
| Synonyms: | blockade, boycott, cloister, closet, conceal, confine, cover, embargo, enclose, evict, immure, ostracize, quarantine, retire, screen, segregate, separate, sequester, shut off, withdraw |
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