SHUTOFFS Synonyms: 42 Similar and Opposite Words

shutoffs

noun

plural of shutoff

as in cessations

the stopping of a process or activity the utility company threatened them with the shutoff of electricity if the bills weren't paid

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Recent Examples of shutoffs There are some questions about sudden intelligence shutoffs and delays of important weapons. — Kelli Wessinger, Vox, 31 Oct. 2026 The Los Angeles Board of Water and Power Commissioners moved Tuesday to immediately suspend residential water and electricity service shutoffs due to nonpayment for the rest of the year after a period of unusually high utility bills. — Melissa Gomez, Los Angeles Times, 28 Oct. 2026 In Shasta County, the potential shutoffs are concentrated along Highway 299 near Round Mountain and Montgomery Creek, northeast of Redding. — Sacbee.com, 23 Oct. 2026 Power shutoffs, camera networks, aggressive firefighting tactics and measures to make homes more resistant to fire all play a role. — Steve Large, CBS News, 16 Oct. 2026 The planned shutoffs had started for some customers by Wednesday night. — ABC News, 15 Oct. 2026

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Noun

Temporary cessations of hostility, but no permanent closing of the moral and social divide between debtor and creditor, and no giving up on the thought that some lives matter more than others.

— Henry Freedland, Harpers Magazine, 24 Oct. 2025

Definition of cessations

Noun

Seko nonetheless expects temporary gate suspensions and pilotage halts for Ningbo, Shanghai, Xiamen and Fuzhou from Friday night through Monday, with intermittent pilotage suspensions at Yangshan across the same window.

— Glenn Taylor, Footwear News, 23 Oct. 2026
That was March 2020, when the CEOs of General Motors, Ford, and Fiat Chrysler tried to coordinate production halts over Covid-19 fears, only to be warned by their lawyers that doing so could violate antitrust rules.

— Liz Hoffman, semafor.com, 17 Sep. 2026

Definition of halts

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The main reason the Giants have a chance to win every week, though, despite all their injuries and heart-stopping endings, is that Jameis Winston is playing well as their starting quarterback.

— Pat Leonard, New York Daily News, 18 Oct. 2026
Dramatic — and sometimes controversial — endings were the story of a wild college football Saturday, with late-game calls deciding some outcomes and potentially having an effect on how the College Football Playoff shapes up a couple months from now.

— Tim Reynolds, Chicago Tribune, 18 Oct. 2026

Definition of endings

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This gives reliability engineers a standardized baseline to track asset health over time, enabling teams to spot early signs of wear and intervene before minor issues escalate into costly plant shutdowns, according to a press release.

— Prabhat Ranjan Mishra, Interesting Engineering, 30 Oct. 2026
Similar disruptions have spread steadily across Bangladesh’s industrial zones since August, driven by sudden factory shutdowns, widespread layoffs and employers’ failure to pay wages and other dues.

— Jasmin Malik Chua, Footwear News, 26 Oct. 2026

Definition of shutdowns

Noun

All spiders lack telomere repeats which are the protective caps at the ends of chromosomes.

— Sacbee.com, Sacbee.com, 3 Nov. 2026
The Illinois comptroller is the only statewide office without an incumbent running, and two candidates from opposite ends of the state are vying to fill the spot.

— Chicago Tribune, Chicago Tribune, 2 Nov. 2026

Definition of ends

Noun

Greaves played his part well in a 62-ball knock while dealing with stoppages for bad light.

— ABC News, ABC News, 5 Nov. 2026
Boston Dynamics has also redesigned its exterior panels to withstand falling boxes and repositioned the emergency stop button to reduce accidental safety stoppages.

— Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 3 Nov. 2026

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