shutdown
Operations cease entirely
A shutdown is the closing down or stopping of operations.
A factory shutdown halts production; a government shutdown suspends nonessential services when funding fails.
In computing, shutdown is the process of powering off a system properly.
To shut down can also mean to silence or dismiss someone: He tried to explain but she shut him down.
Complete sudden stop
- stoppageInterruption of flow
- suspensionTemporary halt or exclusion
- pauseTemporary cessation of activity
- terminationAct of ending something
discontinuation · end · freeze · moratorium · standstill · hiatus · interruption · break
Complete power loss
- outageLoss of electrical service
- cutoffPoint of termination
- disconnectTo break a connection
- de-energizeRemove electrical current from
killswitch · brownout · grid failure · power cut · load shedding · rolling blackout · generator · backup power
Granted absence from work
- CongressU.S. lawmaking body
- budgetPlan for spending
- appropriationsDesignated funds for purposes
- federalDivided governmental authority
impasse · deadlock · standoff · essential services · nonessential · sequester · partisan · gridlock
Sense of emotional resolution
- liquidationSelling assets for cash
- bankruptcyLegal status when insolvent
- insolvencyInability to pay debts
- wind-upFinal part or end
mothballing · layoffs · dissolution · discontinuation · downsizing · restructuring · receivership · foreclosure
Forceful impact or stoppage
- walkoutProtest by leaving
- picketPointed fence stake
- unionJoining into one
- lockoutEmployer-imposed work stoppage
boycott · protest · industrial action · solidarity · collective bargaining · dispute · grievance · demonstration
Cycle power intentionally
hang · BIOS · system · update · hibernate · suspend · standby · offline
Remove or pull away
- dissociateSever a mental link
- numbLacking physical sensation
- overwhelmedDefeated by sheer volume
- detachTo separate from
unresponsive · blank · frozen · avoidance · coping · stress response · protective · defensive
halt
Complete sudden stop
- stoppageInterruption of flow
- suspensionTemporary halt or exclusion
- pauseTemporary cessation of activity
termination · discontinuation · end · freeze · moratorium · standstill · hiatus · interruption · break · adjournment
blackout
Complete power loss
- outageLoss of electrical service
- cutoffPoint of termination
- disconnectTo break a connection
de-energize · killswitch · brownout · grid failure · power cut · load shedding · rolling blackout · generator · backup power · circuit breaker
furlough
Granted absence from work
- CongressU.S. lawmaking body
- budgetPlan for spending
- appropriationsDesignated funds for purposes
federal · impasse · deadlock · standoff · essential services · nonessential · sequester · partisan · gridlock · funding gap
closure
Sense of emotional resolution
- liquidationSelling assets for cash
- bankruptcyLegal status when insolvent
- insolvencyInability to pay debts
wind-up · mothballing · layoffs · dissolution · discontinuation · downsizing · restructuring · receivership · foreclosure · administration
strike
Forceful impact or stoppage
lockout · boycott · protest · industrial action · solidarity · collective bargaining · dispute · grievance · demonstration · work stoppage
reboot
Cycle power intentionally
freeze · hang · BIOS · system · update · hibernate · suspend · standby · offline · desktop
withdraw
Remove or pull away
- dissociateSever a mental link
- numbLacking physical sensation
- overwhelmedDefeated by sheer volume
detach · unresponsive · blank · frozen · avoidance · coping · stress response · protective · defensive · retreat
- Downdownward, downhill, downstairs, downstream, downwind
- Congresssenator, representative, senators, House, bill
- Nuclear Plantsreactor, reactor core, control rods, cooling tower, fuel rods
- business failurebankruptcy court, insolvency, liquidation, closure, collapse
- dissolutionbreakup, breakdown, liquidation, disintegration, dismantling
- Famous Failuresflop, bomb, dud, turkey, lemon
shutdownstartup
New business enterprise
activation · start-up · power-on · ignition · initialization
shutdownlaunch
Set into motion
opening · reopening · inception · introduction · commencement
shutdowncontinuation
Act of proceeding further
continuance · persistence · prolongation · extension · perpetuation
- government shutdownsCessation of federal operations