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Definition of "shutdown" []

  • A cessation of operations or activity, as at a factory. (noun)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

Use "shutdown" in a sentence
  • "The White House is so skittish about the word "shutdown" that it has been all but banished from its own lexicon."
  • "If the shutdown is already in progress, give up. bodar"
  • "They can't walk into a room and have President Obama think that they can be blackmailed by yelling the word 'shutdown.'"