as in opposing
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as in disgusted
to cause to feel disgust
that memorably bad meal turned me off about restaurant food for a while
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as in removed
to let go from office, service, or employment
eventually, the supervisor turned off the insubordinate employee
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as in shut off
to cause to stop functioning
please turn off the fan when you're done
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Recent Examples of turned off
Lucia I Suarez Sang, CBS News, 9 Jan. 2026
Before cleaning any type of stovetop, be sure the burners are turned off, and every surface is completely cool to the touch.
—Mary Marlowe Leverette, The Spruce, 8 Jan. 2026
Elon Musk turned off many potential buyers of his Tesla cars and sent sales plunging with his foray into politics.
—Emma Burleigh, Fortune, 6 Nov. 2025
Animal cams are considered nonessential and will be turned off for the remainder of the shutdown.
—The Npr Network, NPR, 6 Nov. 2025
Once that’s done and completely turned off, use a small brush to clean around the disposal and inside it.
—Daley Quinn, Southern Living, 6 Nov. 2025
The girl's mother found her hours later, with the A/C automatically turned off, and outside temperatures in the triple digits.
—Amanda Lee Myers, USA Today, 5 Nov. 2025
Leaving essential features like Find My iPhone or Emergency Calls & SOS enabled under System Services ensures your phone can still help locate or protect you if it's lost, even with other location options turned off.
—Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 30 Oct. 2025
What happened between the two after cameras turned off?
—Dalton Ross, Entertainment Weekly, 30 Oct. 2025
Verb
Since then, however, the ship has been running dark with its location beacon turned off.
—Lucia I Suarez Sang, CBS News, 9 Jan. 2026
Before cleaning any type of stovetop, be sure the burners are turned off, and every surface is completely cool to the touch.
—Mary Marlowe Leverette, The Spruce, 8 Jan. 2026
Elon Musk turned off many potential buyers of his Tesla cars and sent sales plunging with his foray into politics.
—Emma Burleigh, Fortune, 6 Nov. 2025
Animal cams are considered nonessential and will be turned off for the remainder of the shutdown.
—The Npr Network, NPR, 6 Nov. 2025
Once that’s done and completely turned off, use a small brush to clean around the disposal and inside it.
—Daley Quinn, Southern Living, 6 Nov. 2025
The girl's mother found her hours later, with the A/C automatically turned off, and outside temperatures in the triple digits.
—Amanda Lee Myers, USA Today, 5 Nov. 2025
Leaving essential features like Find My iPhone or Emergency Calls & SOS enabled under System Services ensures your phone can still help locate or protect you if it's lost, even with other location options turned off.
—Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 30 Oct. 2025
What happened between the two after cameras turned off?
—Dalton Ross, Entertainment Weekly, 30 Oct. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for turned off
Adjective
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Even the opposing team got in on the action.—
Joseph Dycus,
Mercury News,
8 Jan. 2026
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If Young ever offers a provocative pregame quote that provides a soundbite for the opposing locker room, a roomful of reporters will collapse in surprise on the spot.—
Scott Fowler,
Charlotte Observer,
7 Jan. 2026
Verb
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In 2017, the Ig Nobel Prize in Medicine went to a team of English and French researchers who used advanced brain-scanning technology to measure the extent to which some people are disgusted by cheese.—
Scott Lafee,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
6 Jan. 2026
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Anyone who believes that our access to essential medicines should be based on science, not political ideology, should be disgusted by these legal attacks.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
11 Dec. 2025
Verb
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Travis Scott has deviated very little from drab colors on his Air Jordan 1s.—
Ian Servantes,
Footwear News,
8 Jan. 2026
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Everything should have been the same for Amorim at United in theory, except there was a curious moment on day one when the Portuguese deviated from the script.—
Stuart James,
New York Times,
6 Jan. 2026
Verb
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Investigators removed the children from Brian's home.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
11 Jan. 2026
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The move means the UAE has removed British universities from a list of higher education institutions eligible for state scholarships amid growing tensions over London's decision not to designate the Muslim Brotherhood as a terrorist organization, The Financial Times reported.—
Louis Casiano,
FOXNews.com,
10 Jan. 2026
Verb
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Officials cut off the country's internet on Thursday, effectively shutting off Iran from the outside world.—
Haley Ott,
CBS News,
10 Jan. 2026
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San Marcos Electric Utilities has also shut off power to the building as a precaution, a public safety representative told MySA.—
Alexis Simmerman,
Austin American Statesman,
9 Jan. 2026
Adjective
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Those groups are still opposed to privatization.—
Chris Isidore,
CNN Money,
9 Nov. 2025
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Similarly in Prairie Village, voters in 2023 elected several candidates backed by a group known as PV United that was largely opposed to changing the city’s zoning to make room for more affordable housing.—
Taylor O'Connor,
Kansas City Star,
7 Nov. 2025
Verb
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Most of those sickened were not vaccinated, and two children died.—
Caitlin Yilek,
CBS News,
5 Jan. 2026
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Of those sickened this year, 93% were unvaccinated, the agency reports.—
Cara Lynn Shultz,
PEOPLE,
29 Dec. 2025
Verb
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Bryant turned the ball over 17 times and allowed Jonesboro (13-7, 1-1) to score repeatedly in transition.—
Erick Taylor,
Arkansas Online,
10 Jan. 2026
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Owens turned herself into Long Beach police Wednesday, and she was booked on $200,000 bail.—
Brie Stimson,
FOXNews.com,
10 Jan. 2026
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“Turned off.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/turned%20off. Accessed 11 Jan. 2026.
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