shutdown
noun/ˈʃʌtdaʊn/
/ˈʃʌtdaʊn/
- the act of closing a factory or business or stopping a large machine from working, either temporarily or permanently
- factory shutdowns
- the nuclear reactor’s emergency shutdown procedures
Oxford Collocations DictionaryShutdown is used after these nouns:- emergency
- reactor
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