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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.