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Meanings of shutting in English

Catalan
tancament
Spanish
cierre

The act of closing something.

tancament
Usage of shutting in English
1
Mr Bouchier said shutting the Oceanic down would not help the situation.
Radio NZ
2
Security measures also included shutting down mobile phone networks across the city.
Reuters
3
Federal charges to power utilities for shutting down nuclear plants would rise.
Reuters
4
Speculation swirled it was a possible buyer within days of Ravensthorpe shutting.
Reuters
5
ECOWAS has already imposed sanctions on Mali, banning trade and shutting borders.
The Irish Times
6
It's not only that Americans dislike a political party shutting down government.
The Guardian
7
And shutting down and coming back up is a complicated, dangerous process.
Cibola Burn
8
The shutting of the door turned out the light in her eyes.
Balloons
9
She minimised the effect of shutting down construction during alert level 4.
Radio NZ
10
This should go far in shutting the mouths of the false apostles.
Commentary on the Epistle to the Galatians
11
We meet on Saturday evenings.' She was shutting down the computer system.
Another life
12
Thou art the opening of the eye and shutting of the eye.
The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Volume 3 / Books 8,...
13
Getting out of the car and shutting the doors didn't help either.
The Guardian
14
Louise decided to raise the stakes and risk shutting Blanca up completely.
Kennedy's brain
15
The free, cross-browser, cross-platform bookmarking sync service XMarks is shutting its doors.
Wired
16
It took almost six months, one bodily system shutting down after another.
The Storyteller
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Catalan
tancament
Shutting through the time
Shutting across language varieties
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Common
New Zealand
Common
United States of America
Common
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