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shut down

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Verb1.shut down - cease to operate or cause to cease operating; "The owners decided to move and to close the factory"; "My business closes every night at 8 P.M."; "close up the shop"
close down, close up, fold, close
adjourn, retire, withdraw - break from a meeting or gathering; "We adjourned for lunch"; "The men retired to the library"


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As nearly all the canning establishments were shut down, and all the girls hunting work, it will be readily understood that Marija did not find any.
The Jungle by Sinclair, Upton View in context
Killed and hoisted on deck for the sake of his skin, one of these sharks almost took poor Queequeg's hand off, when he tried to shut down the dead lid of his murderous jaw.
Moby Dick I-LXVII by Melville, Herman View in context
Only the lid of the case containing the carpets would not shut down.
War and Peace by Tolstoy, Leo View in context
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