1
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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Recent Examples of turnoff
Danica Kirka, Arkansas Online, 9 Aug. 2025
For some, the drama on and off screen has been a turnoff.
—Samantha Genzer, NBC news, 14 July 2025
Meredith Deliso, ABC News, 27 Oct. 2025
The compound 1,8-cineole, however, boosted IFN in a different way, by turning off a gene (TIPARP) that normally slows down this immune response.
—New Atlas, 25 Oct. 2025
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Verb
About two dozen protesters were spotted on the road before the turnoff to the stately home.
—Danica Kirka, Arkansas Online, 9 Aug. 2025
For some, the drama on and off screen has been a turnoff.
—Samantha Genzer, NBC news, 14 July 2025
Noun
Robinson appeared remotely from jail, with his camera turned off, during Monday's hearing.
—Meredith Deliso, ABC News, 27 Oct. 2025
The compound 1,8-cineole, however, boosted IFN in a different way, by turning off a gene (TIPARP) that normally slows down this immune response.
—New Atlas, 25 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for turnoff
Verb
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People are disgusted with Israel’s response.—
Isaac Chotiner,
New Yorker,
9 Oct. 2025
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Christine assures him that she could never be disgusted with him.—
Keith Phipps,
Vulture,
26 Sep. 2025
Verb
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Those on the conference call would likely face very human dilemmas, and that might lead them to deviate from the rules, added Erin Dumbacher, an expert in nuclear policy at the Council on Foreign Relations.—
Geoff Brumfiel,
NPR,
24 Oct. 2025
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Reagan championed free trade while selectively deviating from it, according to the Cato Institute, a libertarian think tank.—
Swapna Venugopal Ramaswamy,
USA Today,
24 Oct. 2025
Verb
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Stroud has been susceptible to a pass rush, having been sacked 52 times last season and 15 so far this season — a pace that would have him on his back 42 1/2 times in 2025.—
Jerry McDonald,
Mercury News,
23 Oct. 2025
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And Jones did deserve to celebrate given Rodgers wasn’t sacked once despite the loss.—
Scott Thompson,
FOXNews.com,
23 Oct. 2025
Verb
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Springsteen grew up alongside rock’n’roll, absorbing its origin story and waiting for the day when his ability to write a killer riff would transport him from the misery of living with a father who didn’t understand him, shut off from a world that promised so much but gave so little.—
Sadie Sartini Garner,
Pitchfork,
24 Oct. 2025
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At one point, customers heard a rumor that SDG&E was shutting off electricity to the building — an alarming development that would have left the business’s freezers without power.—
Karen Kucher,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
19 Oct. 2025
Noun
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In lieu of the big-name resorts out West, skiers are looking to relish small-town charm and lowkey slopes.—
Lydia Price,
Travel + Leisure,
28 Oct. 2025
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Jackson imagined the Shire as idyllic beyond measure — cozy cottages dug into the landscape's gentle green slopes, totally free of the conflict and violence that the saga's Hobbit quartet eventually learn lie just beyond its borders.—
Ryan Coleman,
Entertainment Weekly,
28 Oct. 2025
Verb
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Of course, one major qualifier for this is the fact there are plenty of reasons for even moderate Democrats to be repulsed at the idea of electing Cuomo.—
The Editorial Board,
Oc Register,
23 Oct. 2025
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His family, dependent on his income and repulsed at what has become of their son, must then determine what is to be done with poor Gregor.—
Big Think,
Big Think,
14 Oct. 2025
Verb
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The Iliad tells the story of the Greeks’ greatest warrior, Achilles, who sulks in his tent for most of the poem before rejoining the fight and turning the tide.—
Elizabeth D. Samet,
Foreign Affairs,
29 Oct. 2025
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Mahomes had his head turned toward the opposite side of the field, so Rice sprinted into a shallow cross to meet him there — long enough to finally lock eyes.—
Kansas City Star,
Kansas City Star,
28 Oct. 2025
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But the lack of transparency and due process are similar, and there are few to no guarantees of the safety of people whom ICE agents remove, often without identifying themselves, and move around without notifying the family or lawyers of the detained.—
JSTOR Daily,
JSTOR Daily,
23 Oct. 2025
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Slowly but surely, the legal obstacles to taking games overseas have been removed over the past few years.—
Oliver Kay,
New York Times,
23 Oct. 2025
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“Turnoff.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/turnoff. Accessed 30 Oct. 2025.
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