shutting off
Stopping the flow
Shutting off is stopping the flow or operation of something—water, electricity, a machine, or a process.
You shut off a faucet, shut off the lights, or shut off an engine.
Figuratively, to shut off emotions or thoughts is to block them out: She shut off all feeling after the loss.
A road or area can be shut off from access.
- switchCircuit-breaking toggle device
- closingFinal stage of something
- deactivationRendering inoperative
- disconnectTo break a connection
- silenceTotal lack of sound
unplug · power off · cessation · cut-off · turn off · pulling the plug · emergency stop · closure · disengagement · tuning out · halt · stop · going dark · lights out · cut · extinguish · circuit breaker · cutting off
- refueling actionspumping gas, filling up, topping off, charging, recharging
shutting offturning on
Causing to operate
switching on · powering up · starting up · activating · booting up
shutting offopening up
Becoming less guarded
turning on · unblocking · releasing · unclogging · freeing
shutting offkeeping on
Maintaining an activity
maintaining · continuing · sustaining · prolonging · perpetuating
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