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What does shut down mean?

Looking for the meaning or definition of the word shut down? Here's what it means.

Verb
  1. (transitive) To close, terminate, or end.
  2. (transitive) To turn off or stop.
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Subsequently, many medical waste incinerators were unable to comply with the new regulation and have shut down.
Just like they said when those very same refineries were shut down because of a rash of accidents, it was going to cost us.
But you know, some of those automobile plants shut down because the just-in-time delivery of the parts was not possible.
They shut down a commuter railroad in order to promote the sale of automobiles.
He reckons up to 15,000 restaurants will be forced to shut down this year, adding around 40,000 to the job queues.
We'll do everything we can to stop that and just shut down the fact that it's actually happened.

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