0 If a business or a large piece of equipment shuts down or someone shuts it down, it stops operating:
1 if a computer or other machine shuts down or someone shuts it down, it stops operating:
2 if someone shuts a process down, they stop it:
British authorities finally shut down production at the Liverpool plant of the vaccine maker.
We have shut the ivory trade down altogether.
3 if a business or organization shuts down or someone shuts it down, it stops operating either temporarily or permanently:
But now, we must consolidate and shut down plants.
The government shut down yesterday in observance of the Martin Luther King Jr. holiday.
Three thousand people will lose their jobs if the factory shuts down.
All those sweet old-fashioned shops have shut down.
