shutdown n 1: termination of operations; "they regretted the closure of the day care center" [syn: {closure}, {closedown}, {closing}, {shutdown}]
21 Moby Thesaurus words for "shutdown": abandonment, blockade, breakoff, cease, ceasing, cessation, close, closing, closure, desinence, desistance, discontinuance, discontinuation, occlusion, relinquishment, renunciation, shutting, shutting up, stopping, surcease, termination