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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 turn off
Caroline Zimmerman, Kansas City Star, 2 Apr. 2026
Even so, many of those redundant components have either broken down or been turned off to conserve power.
—Mack Degeurin, Popular Science, 2 Apr. 2026
Maggie Slepian, Outside, 27 Feb. 2026
For many — especially free-spirited hippies, wooks, and the whole wide jam-band universe — the dogmatic style of traditional programs can be a turnoff, an impediment to accessing a path forward.
—David Manheim, Rolling Stone, 19 Feb. 2026
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Verb
Officers cleared customers from the store and parking lot, and requested the gas pumps be turned off, the lawsuit said.
—Caroline Zimmerman, Kansas City Star, 2 Apr. 2026
Even so, many of those redundant components have either broken down or been turned off to conserve power.
—Mack Degeurin, Popular Science, 2 Apr. 2026
Noun
The material is weirdly shiny though, which might be a turnoff.
—Maggie Slepian, Outside, 27 Feb. 2026
For many — especially free-spirited hippies, wooks, and the whole wide jam-band universe — the dogmatic style of traditional programs can be a turnoff, an impediment to accessing a path forward.
—David Manheim, Rolling Stone, 19 Feb. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for turn off
Verb
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No police necessity can explain their excessive use of force, which has shocked and disgusted fair-minded people across the political spectrum.—
Tim Dunn,
Boston Herald,
6 Apr. 2026
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The consequences of disgusting one’s wife, whether or not one agrees with her premise, could be enormous.—
Judith Martin,
Mercury News,
6 Apr. 2026
Verb
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There’s been times when he’s deviated from such plans in the past for that reason.—
Gary Phillips,
New York Daily News,
1 Apr. 2026
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Other statistical approaches model seabeds and identify anomalies that deviate from it.—
John Femiani,
The Conversation,
30 Mar. 2026
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Thus, Albuquerque recaptured and sacked the city of Goa.—
Sanat Pai RaikarAll,
Encyclopedia Britannica,
6 Apr. 2026
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The pieces were on loan from a Bucharest museum, whose head was promptly sacked for lending the works out in the first place.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
2 Apr. 2026
Verb
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While the couple was on the 8-foot dinghy en-route to their yacht, authorities said Lynette Hooker fell off the boat with the ignition key, causing the engine to shut off.—
Adam Sabes,
FOXNews.com,
7 Apr. 2026
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According to police, a worker with the Municipal Authority of Westmoreland County showed up at Prut's home in Ardara on Water Street to shut off service.—
Erika Stanish,
CBS News,
3 Apr. 2026
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Thirteen of the group were hit by an avalanche that swept down a slope on Perry’s Peak, northwest of Frog Lake.—
Ethan Baron,
Mercury News,
4 Apr. 2026
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Fog rolls in off the sea, rain clouds form against the steep volcanic slopes and squalls appear without warning.—
NPR,
NPR,
4 Apr. 2026
Verb
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In the mid-19th century, Kasanje was able to repulse a Portuguese military expedition.—
Encyclopedia Britannica,
Encyclopedia Britannica,
2 Apr. 2026
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Sigmund Freud believed that every crush has a strand of disgust, that people are attracted to what repulses them.—
Daniel Felsenthal,
Vulture,
26 Mar. 2026
Verb
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The point is to keep eight low-lying pockets of the Lower East Side from turning into basins once the floodgates close.—
Eric Klinenberg,
New Yorker,
6 Apr. 2026
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The game turned some Wildcat fans into Wolverine fans, at least for one night.—
Jack Springgate,
CBS News,
6 Apr. 2026
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The committee ultimately amended the bill to remove vehicular homicide as a crime of violence.—
Shaun Boyd,
CBS News,
7 Apr. 2026
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At the time, Kansas City police chief and former FBI agent Lear Reed was on a campaign to clean up the police force and remove the lingering influences of Pendergast.—
Patrick Salland,
Kansas City Star,
7 Apr. 2026
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“Turn off.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/turn%20off. Accessed 10 Apr. 2026.
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