Definitions for shutdown

shutdown shut·down

Spelling: [shuht-doun]
IPA: /ˈʃʌtˌdaʊn/

Shutdown is a 8 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 15 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 16 points.

You can make 213 anagrams from letters in shutdown (dhnostuw).

Definitions for shutdown

noun

  1. a shutting down, as of a factory, school, or machine; a termination or suspension of operations, services, or business activity:

Origin of shutdown

1855-60, Americanism; noun use of verb phrase shut down

Examples for shutdown

After public opinion of the shutdown turned decidedly negative, however, Cruz amazingly denied even supporting it.

But mostly, I think the Democrats are cynically pushing this shutdown talk as a way to scare their base.

In their opinion, this would allow conservatives to lay a marker down on immigration while avoiding a shutdown for the time being.

A Minnesota politician claimed most NBA teams could be shutdown and we would only notice because crime would shoot up.

We saw that when he championed the shutdown of the federal government last fall.

In a nutshell: She screwed struggling North Carolinians by backing sequestration and the shutdown.

With time, the shutdown ended and the two parties continue trying to forge agreements, with varying success.

They added that the shutdown was temporary and they plan to resume the trial in January.

He added, "I have not had this many phone calls since the shutdown of the government, truthfully."

Other conservative groups claim to have faced the threat of shutdown from the Facebook overlords, too.

Word Value for shutdown
Scrable

15

Words with friends

16

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