shutdown

English

Noun

shutdown (plural shutdowns)

1. The action of stopping operations; a closing, of a computer, business, event, etc.

   The system is doing its shutdown operations.

2. A statement, insult, etc. that prevents the opponent from replying further.

   When he insulted me, my reply was such a shutdown he ceased his insults.

Antonyms

• startup

Related terms

• shut down

Translations

action of closing a computer

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 關機 (cmn), 关机 (cmn) (guānjī), 關閉 (cmn), 关闭 (cmn) (guānbì)

• Finnish: sulkeminen (fi)
• French: arrêt (fr) m (du système)
• Galician: apagado

• German: Herunterfahren (de) n
• Japanese: シャットダウン (ja) (shattodaun)
• Russian: выключение (ru) (vyključénije) n (компью́тера), отключение (ru) (otključénije) n, шатдаун (ru) (šatdáun) m
• Spanish: apagado (es)

reciprocation that renders the other person wordless