shut down
• cease business or operation.
• "the company has shut down after more than four decades in business"
Similar:
cease activity,
close,
close down,
cease production,
cease operating,
come to a halt,
go on strike,
cease trading,
collapse,
fail,
crash,
go under,
go to the wall,
go bankrupt,
become insolvent,
go into receivership,
go into liquidation,
be liquidated,
be wound up,
be closed (down),
be shut (down),
go bust,
go bump,
fold,
flop,
flatline,
go broke,
go belly up,
discontinue,
put into receivership,
liquidate,
put into liquidation,
switch off,
power down,
stop,
halt,
shutdown
noun
• a closure of a factory or system, typically a temporary closure due to a fault or for maintenance.
• "engines should be allowed to cool down between a shutdown and the next start"
