shut off
end, disconnect, close
shut off
Verb
1. stem the flow of
(synonym) close off
(hypernym) discontinue, stop, cease, give up, quit, lay off
2. isolate or separate
(synonym) close off
(hypernym) separate, divide
(hyponym) curtain off
3. block off the passage through
(synonym) block off, close off
(hypernym) barricade, block, blockade, stop, block off, block up, bar
shut off
make something like water or electricity stop We always shut off the gas when we leave the house for more than a few minutes.
shut off
Synonyms and related words:
abrupt, alienate, alienated, apart, bar, barricade, block, block out, block up, blockade, bolt, cast off, cast out, chock, choke, choke off, close, close off, close tight, close up, constrict, crowd, cut, cut adrift, cut off, cut out, debar, delete, depart, detached, disarticulate, disarticulated, disconnect, disconnected, disengage, disengaged, disjoin, disjoined, disjoint, disjointed, disjunct, dislocated, dispersed, dissociate, disunite, disunited, divide, divided, divorce, divorced, dog, eject, estrange, estranged, expel, in a backwater, insular, isolate, isolated, jam, kill, leave, lock, obstruct, occlude, out-of-the-way, out-of-the-world, pack, part, pull away, pull back, pull out, quarantined, remote, removed, retired, scattered, secluded, segregate, segregated, separate, separated, sequester, sequestered, set apart, set aside, shroud, shut, shut down, shut out, shut tight, split, squeeze, squeeze shut, stand aloof, stand apart, stand aside, step aside, stifle, stop up, strangle, strangulate, subtract, suffocate, switch off, throw off, throw out, turn off, uncouple, unfrequented, unvisited, unyoke, withdraw, withdrawn
Source: Moby Thesaurus, which is part of the
Moby Project created by Grady Ward. In 1996 Grady Ward placed this thesaurus in the public domain.
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