| Main Entry: | shut off/shut out |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | exclude; screen |
Synonyms: |
bar, beleaguer, block out, blockade, close, conceal, cover, debar, discontinue, evict, fence off, hide, keep out, lock out, mask, obstruct, ostracize, refuse, seclude, shroud, veil |
Antonyms: |
include, welcome |
| Main Entry: | block |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | obstruct |
Synonyms: |
arrest, bar, barricade, block out, blockade, brake, catch, charge, check, choke, clog, close, close off, close out, congest, cut off, dam, deter, fill, halt, hang up, hinder, hold up, impede, intercept, interfere with, occlude, plug, prevent, shut off, shut out, stall, stonewall, stop, stop up, stopper, stymie, tackle, take out of play, thwart |
| Notes: | a bloc is a group of countries in special alliance while a block is an obstruction, an interruption, or a rectangular area or shape |
Antonyms: |
let go, let up, open, unblock |
| Main Entry: | block out |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | try to forget |
Synonyms: |
close, conceal, cover, hide, obscure, obstruct, screen, shroud, shut off, shut out |
Antonyms: |
recall, remember |
| Main Entry: | cloistered |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | secluded |
Synonyms: |
cloistral, confined, hermitic, hidden, insulated, recluse, reclusive, restricted, secluse, seclusive, sequestered, sheltered, shielded, shut off, withdrawn |
Antonyms: |
free, open, unsecluded |
| Main Entry: | close |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | obstruct, seal |
Synonyms: |
bang, bar, block, bolt, button, caulk, choke, clap, clench, clog, confine, congest, cork, dam, exclude, fasten, fill, lock, occlude, plug, prevent passage, put to, retard flow, screen, secure, shut, shut off, shutter, slam, stop up, stopper, stuff, turn off |
Antonyms: |
open, release, unclose, unplug, unseal, unstop |
| Main Entry: | deactivate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | decommission |
Synonyms: |
demilitarize, disband, make inactive, shut down, shut off |
| Main Entry: | decommission |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | withdraw from active service |
Synonyms: |
deactivate, demilitarize, make inactive, retire, shut down, shut off |
| Main Entry: | impede |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | obstruct, hinder |
Synonyms: |
bar, block, blow whistle on, brake, check, clog, close off, cramp one's style, curb, cut off, dam, delay, deter, discomfit, disconcert, disrupt, embarrass, faze, flag one, freeze, hamper, hang up, hold up, interfere, oppose, rattle, restrain, retard, saddle with, shut down, shut off, slow, slow down, stonewall, stop, stymie, thwart |
Antonyms: |
advance, aid, assist, facilitate, forward, help, support |
| Main Entry: | kill |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | turn off; cancel |
Synonyms: |
annul, cease, counteract, deaden, defeat, extinguish, forbid, halt, negative, neutralize, nix, nullify, prohibit, quash, quell, recant, refuse, revoke, ruin, scotch, shut off, smother, stifle, still, stop, suppress, turn out, veto |
Antonyms: |
begin, initiate, start, turn on |
| Main Entry: | obstruct |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | prevent, restrict |
Synonyms: |
arrest, bar, barricade, block, check, choke, clog, close, congest, crab, curb, cut off, drag one's feet, fill, foul up, frustrate, get in the way, hamper, hamstring, hang up, hide, hinder, hold up, impede, inhibit, interfere, interrupt, mask, monkey with, obscure, occlude, plug, restrain, retard, sandbag, shield, shut off, slow down, stall, stonewall, stop, stopper, stymie*, terminate, throttle, thwart, trammel, weigh down |
Antonyms: |
abet, aid, assist, boost, clear, help, promote, support |