1
as in to disgust
to cause to feel disgust
that memorably bad meal turned me off about restaurant food for a while
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as in to sack
to let go from office, service, or employment
eventually, the supervisor turned off the insubordinate employee
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as in to shut off
to cause to stop functioning
please turn off the fan when you're done
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Recent Examples of turnoff
Samantha Genzer, NBC news, 14 July 2025
But today, there’s questions about whether Superman’s strong American symbolism will be a turnoff for global audiences, who have recently bristled at tariffs and trade policies enacted by President Trump.
—Los Angeles Times, 10 July 2025
Alice Park, Time, 26 Sep. 2025
Meanwhile, this past weekend, reports emerged that two American military cargo jets deported people to Africa on flights that appear to have had their transponders turned off, preventing tracking by obscuring their locations from public flight databases and other nearby aircraft.
—Larisha Paul, Rolling Stone, 24 Sep. 2025
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Verb
For some, the drama on and off screen has been a turnoff.
—Samantha Genzer, NBC news, 14 July 2025
But today, there’s questions about whether Superman’s strong American symbolism will be a turnoff for global audiences, who have recently bristled at tariffs and trade policies enacted by President Trump.
—Los Angeles Times, 10 July 2025
Noun
The surgeons injected the gene therapy, which included DNA delivered by an inactivated virus vector, coding for instructions to turn off production of the huntingtin protein.
—Alice Park, Time, 26 Sep. 2025
Meanwhile, this past weekend, reports emerged that two American military cargo jets deported people to Africa on flights that appear to have had their transponders turned off, preventing tracking by obscuring their locations from public flight databases and other nearby aircraft.
—Larisha Paul, Rolling Stone, 24 Sep. 2025
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Verb
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Calling the mass killing of civilians in Gaza a genocide is contentious as well, but even patriotic Israelis disgusted by their own government have begun to use the term.—
Ian Buruma,
New Yorker,
22 Sep. 2025
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They were disgusted by the comments.—
Sarah Fortinsky,
The Hill,
21 Sep. 2025
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Its music is both jazzier and more operatic; the flow and technical blueprint of each stage completely deviate from what’s been seen before.—
Christopher Cruz,
Rolling Stone,
27 Sep. 2025
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The designation qualifies the site for a special use permit that would allow the plans to deviate from the land-use and density requirements of the La Jolla Planned District Ordinance, subject to further project review by the HRB.—
Ashley Mackin Solomon,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
27 Sep. 2025
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Gastineau, who appeared emotional, accused Favre of taking a dive during a game in 2001 so that New York Giants defensive end Michael Strahan could sack him and break Gastineau’s single-season record.—
Michael McCann,
Sportico.com,
25 Sep. 2025
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Another key distinction was that the Cowboys' defense didn't sack Williams, something that hindered him in the Bears' first two losses to the Minnesota Vikings and Detroit Lions.—
Matthew Couden,
MSNBC Newsweek,
25 Sep. 2025
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Electrical and gas lines were both shut off to prevent hazards, authorities added.—
Caelyn Pender,
Mercury News,
26 Sep. 2025
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Gas was shut off as police and fire crews went door to door to evacuate citizens.—
Kendrick Calfee,
Kansas City Star,
26 Sep. 2025
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While this does not sound terribly steep, this was in Earth's gravity — in the lower gravity of Mars, this would be equivalent to a 30 degree slope.—
Keith Cooper,
Space.com,
30 Sep. 2025
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Demand for workers has been on a downward slope for much of this year.—
Alicia Wallace,
CNN Money,
30 Sep. 2025
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He was repulsed then, but years later, thinking about a man who’d expressed an interest in the human body in the most macabre possible way sparked something in Hunnam.—
Daniel D'Addario,
Variety,
30 Sep. 2025
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Jackson was repulsed at the idea of the film being shown to the public, as was Zapruder, who quickly settled again with Time-Life.—
Time,
Time,
20 Sep. 2025
Verb
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Chemical reactions involving the hematite can turn the rock from red to white and produce iron rich minerals, in this case an iron phosphate called vivianite and an iron sulfide called greigite.—
Keith Cooper,
Space.com,
1 Oct. 2025
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Perhaps more worrying for Browns fans has been Flacco's propensity to turn the ball over, throwing six interceptions thus far, the second most of any quarterback in football through the first four weeks.—
MSNBC Newsweek,
MSNBC Newsweek,
30 Sep. 2025
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In 1830, President Andrew Jackson signed the Indian Removal Act, which attempted to eliminate or remove all tribes to west of the Mississippi River.—
Frank Vaisvilas,
jsonline.com,
24 Sep. 2025
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Branum also alleged that the man was not removed from the flight because of his status as a frequent flyer.—
Ashley Hume,
FOXNews.com,
24 Sep. 2025
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“Turnoff.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/turnoff. Accessed 2 Oct. 2025.
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