shutoff
or shut-off
an object or device that shuts (something) off: the automatic shutoff on a heater.
an act or instance of shutting off something, as an opening, a flow, or a service: a shutoff of electric power due to unpaid bills.
Origin of shutoff
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How to use shutoff in a sentence
It was a huge step for Rick, who had become increasingly shut-off from feelings of sympathy.
A Primer For ‘The Walking Dead’ Season Four Premiere | Melissa Leon | October 11, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTBut the shut-off proved to be short lived and by 2002 Pakistan was already providing sanctuary for Mullah Omar.
A shut-off valve was fitted in each of the eduction pipes leading to the condensers.
Loss of the Steamship 'Titanic' | British GovernmentMatt flung down the can, adjusted the needle-valve of the gasoline shut-off which he had found out of order, and tried the motor.
Motor Matt's Daring, or, True to His Friends | Stanley R. MatthewsThe jar of its fall had closed the gasoline shut-off, and he picked the machine out of the dust and once more got into the seat.
Motor Matt's Daring, or, True to His Friends | Stanley R. Matthews
The shut-off valve at the top of the device is interposed between the sediment cup and the carburetor.
Aviation Engines | Victor Wilfred PagIt was a glorious night of early summer, yet lightning struck in that little shut-off section of the hotel.
Cynthia's Chauffeur | Louis Tracy
British Dictionary definitions for shut-off
a device that shuts something off, esp a machine control
a stoppage or cessation
to stem the flow of
to block off the passage through
to isolate or separate
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
Other Idioms and Phrases with shutoff
Stop the flow or passage of, as in They shut off the water while repairs were being made. [Early 1800s]
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