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as in to disgust
to cause to feel disgust
that memorably bad meal turned me off about restaurant food for a while
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as in to sack
to let go from office, service, or employment
eventually, the supervisor turned off the insubordinate employee
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as in to shut off
to cause to stop functioning
please turn off the fan when you're done
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as in slope
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Recent Examples of turn off
Deborah Fuller, The Conversation, 28 Mar. 2025
In the United States, Tesla’s home-turf, Musk’s contentious government role — which has involved slashing thousands of public sector jobs as head of the Department of Government Efficiency — has also turned off many would-be Tesla buyers.
—Anna Cooban, CNN Money, 26 Mar. 2025
Paul Caputo, Forbes, 13 Dec. 2024
Her study showed that executions and other violent content actually represented a turnoff for most followers of Twitter accounts associated with Islamic State, although not for the most fanatical followers.
—IEEE Spectrum, 10 Apr. 2019
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Verb
Moreover, when the pipelines of scientific progress are turned off, they will not so easily be turned back on.
—Deborah Fuller, The Conversation, 28 Mar. 2025
In the United States, Tesla’s home-turf, Musk’s contentious government role — which has involved slashing thousands of public sector jobs as head of the Department of Government Efficiency — has also turned off many would-be Tesla buyers.
—Anna Cooban, CNN Money, 26 Mar. 2025
Noun
For many years these associations were a turnoff and in the consumer’s mind, created a glass ceiling through which the Crus rarely penetrated.
—Paul Caputo, Forbes, 13 Dec. 2024
Her study showed that executions and other violent content actually represented a turnoff for most followers of Twitter accounts associated with Islamic State, although not for the most fanatical followers.
—IEEE Spectrum, 10 Apr. 2019
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for turn off
Verb
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In her discussion of Christianity, King relishes the absurdity that results when a religion that is disgusted by female sexuality also engages in mother worship.—
S. C. Cornell,
The New Yorker,
12 Mar. 2025
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Once again, DeSantis has gone too far — in this case, ideologically and geographically — and people who surely voted for him in the state’s most conservative region are disgusted.—
Steve Bousquet,
Sun Sentinel,
1 Mar. 2025
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The Justice Department also said that DOGE access doesn't deviate significantly from normal practices inside the agency, where employees are routinely allowed to search its databases.—
arkansasonline.com,
arkansasonline.com,
21 Mar. 2025
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Their decisions often deviated from strict legal precedent when faced with sympathetic defendants.—
Lars Daniel,
Forbes,
20 Mar. 2025
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Then, on Thursday, Kiir sacked the governor of Upper Nile State, who hailed from Machar's party.—
Kate Bartlett,
NPR,
22 Mar. 2025
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And now 10 engineers charged with developing the AI have been sacked and the fate of the project has been thrown into doubt, staff told Forbes.—
Thomas Brewster,
Forbes,
21 Mar. 2025
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For four weeks, Israel has shut off all sources of food, fuel, medicine and other supplies for the Gaza Strip's population of more than 2 million Palestinians.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
31 Mar. 2025
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As a precaution, gas was shut off Monday to the building at the fire department's request.—
Eric Lagatta,
USA Today,
31 Mar. 2025
Noun
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In a video shared on the official Audi FIS World Cup Instagram, Vonn is seen pumping her fists in the air and cheering along with the crowd in celebration after completing her race at the bottom of the slopes in Sun Valley.—
Escher Walcott,
People.com,
24 Mar. 2025
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Even better: add a few days to your itinerary for visiting a wine region, like Lavaux, which has spectacular terraced slopes overlooking Lake Geneva.—
Nicole Kliest,
Vogue,
21 Mar. 2025
Verb
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Kay’s particular diet was a recurring talking point on the show, with condiments such as ketchup and mayo among the foods that repulsed the TV voice of the Yankees.—
Peter Sblendorio,
New York Daily News,
4 Jan. 2025
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These same, once skeptical business leaders rallied around Trump in 2017 but were repulsed by many of his words and actions within eight months, withdrawing support, not returning to give him a second chance until now.—
Jeffrey Sonnenfeld and Steven Tian,
TIME,
17 Jan. 2025
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In recent months, however—alongside skinny jeans and the like—the side fringe tide has slowly started to turn.—
Daisy Jones,
Vogue,
30 Mar. 2025
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Our favorite machines here can turn your barista into a stranger.—
Molly Higgins,
Wired News,
30 Mar. 2025
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They were also barred from installing any software on SSA devices and ordered to remove any such software installed since the beginning of the Trump administration.—
Thomas G. Moukawsher,
Newsweek,
22 Mar. 2025
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Each of those originals have offensive depictions of non-white characters (like the Siamese cats in Lady and the crows in Dumbo), and each of their 2019 remakes rightfully remove those depictions.—
Josh Spiegel,
The Hollywood Reporter,
22 Mar. 2025
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“Turn off.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/turn%20off. Accessed 3 Apr. 2025.
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