TURN OFF Synonyms: 180 Similar and Opposite Words

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verb

Definition of turn off

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 deviate

to change one's course or direction turn off at the third exit and follow the ramp to your left

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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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Verb

Additionally, the Sunshine State wants to limit teens to two hours per day across all apps as well as turning off autoplay and infinite scroll features, among other changes. — Arkansas Online, 10 Oct. 2026 Rather than being turned off by the studio’s feedback, Oliver was intrigued. — Michael Douglas, Deadline, 8 Oct. 2026

Noun

But establishment support has been a turnoff for some voters. — Jonathan J. Cooper, Fortune, 23 July 2026 Along a sliver of land between Crystal Lake and Lake Michigan, take the turnoff to Point Betsie Lighthouse. — Stacy Conde, Midwest Living, 9 July 2026 See All Example Sentences for turn off

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Verb

Janice was disgusted; Mary was emotionally devastated and financially ruined.

— Ben Taub, New Yorker, 12 Oct. 2026
But discussing the importance of a top-10 win in October seemed to disgust Drinkwitz.

— PJ Green, Kansas City Star, 4 Oct. 2026

Definition of disgust

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But in Central Asia, far from the empire’s center, local artists sometimes used the mosaics to deviate from the official agenda.

— Yulia Denisyuk, Condé Nast Traveler, 14 Oct. 2026
But over time, due to a variety of systems issues with obtaining certain medications, the lethal injection protocol has deviated from the standard devised by Chapman.

— M. Sara Rosenthal, STAT, 13 Oct. 2026

Definition of deviate

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When Baylor was driving to potentially tie the game late in the first, Lagway was sacked on second-and-19, and Baylor settled for a 47-yard field goal try that was no good.

— Steven Johnson, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 17 Oct. 2026
He was intercepted once — by Ty Benefield — and sacked three times before finishing 16 of 26 for 121 yards.

— ABC News, ABC News, 17 Oct. 2026

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The only exception, fire officials said in a social media post Saturday evening, would be Via La Mirada north of Esperanza, which would remain shut off to vehicles because of emergency crews in the area.

— Tony Briscoe, Los Angeles Times, 17 Oct. 2026
As a regional Red Flag warning remains in effect through Saturday evening, Southern California Edison has shut off power to thousands of customers, primarily in Los Angeles and Ventura counties, as wildfire risks remain high.

— Julie Sharp, CBS News, 16 Oct. 2026

Definition of shut off

Noun

From shredding the slopes in the winter to floating on the water in the summer, the unofficial capital of the Sierra Nevada sees outdoorsy travelers constantly flocking to its campsites and cabins.

— Camila Pedrosa, Sacbee.com, 15 Oct. 2026
The land on which Thwaites sits slopes downward, meaning as the glacier melts, more ice is exposed to warm ocean water.

— Laura Paddison, CNN Money, 15 Oct. 2026

Definition of slope

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He’s handcuffed to this stupid project, and swaths of people have instantly turned their back on him without knowing any of the facts.

— Payton Turkeltaub, Variety, 13 Oct. 2026
By July, the side project turned into a full-time job when MLB hired Weingardt as a principal product manager to explore changes to its flagship app.

— Jacob Feldman, Sportico.com, 13 Oct. 2026

Definition of turn

Verb

The woman contacted her 72-year-old father, who came out of the house to remove Gonzalez.

— Iris Kwok, Los Angeles Times, 14 Oct. 2026
While no service can promise to remove all your data from the internet, a data removal service can monitor and automate the process of removing your information from hundreds of sites continuously over a longer period.

— Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 13 Oct. 2026

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