Definition of "shutting" []

• Present participle of shut. (verb)

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• "(Not to mention how that would result in shutting down so many of the stores, restauarants, bars, theaters, and sports arenas that so many of us DC residents enjoy living nearby.)"
• "Investing could mean investing in shutting down coal."
• "Xisithrus, I must admit that I take particular pleasure in shutting down that faux-pious, soulless, un-Christ-like a-hole."