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as in disgusted
to cause to feel disgust
that memorably bad meal turned me off about restaurant food for a while
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as in removed
to let go from office, service, or employment
eventually, the supervisor turned off the insubordinate employee
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as in shut off
to cause to stop functioning
please turn off the fan when you're done
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as in opposing
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Recent Examples of turned off
Rosy Cordero, Deadline, 23 Oct. 2025
Animal cams are considered nonessential and will be turned off for the remainder of the shutdown.
—The Npr Network, NPR, 22 Oct. 2025
The road the couple had turned off was a state highway.
—Kaitlyn Tiffany, The Atlantic, 22 Oct. 2025
However, comments have been turned off on the video.
—Rachael O'Connor, MSNBC Newsweek, 21 Oct. 2025
Even if devices are turned off, the system can generate information from other active WiFi devices in the environment, revealing presence and movement without consent.
—Bojan Stojkovski, Interesting Engineering, 11 Oct. 2025
The experience has not turned off Takefman from using AI in his court dealings.
—Angela Yang, NBC news, 8 Oct. 2025
The slider needs to be pulled from left to right for the alarm to be turned off.
—PC Magazine, 7 Oct. 2025
The studio lights were turned off.
—Afşin Yurdakul, Time, 7 Oct. 2025
Adjective
Wait, who turned off the engine?
—Rosy Cordero, Deadline, 23 Oct. 2025
Animal cams are considered nonessential and will be turned off for the remainder of the shutdown.
—The Npr Network, NPR, 22 Oct. 2025
The road the couple had turned off was a state highway.
—Kaitlyn Tiffany, The Atlantic, 22 Oct. 2025
However, comments have been turned off on the video.
—Rachael O'Connor, MSNBC Newsweek, 21 Oct. 2025
Even if devices are turned off, the system can generate information from other active WiFi devices in the environment, revealing presence and movement without consent.
—Bojan Stojkovski, Interesting Engineering, 11 Oct. 2025
The experience has not turned off Takefman from using AI in his court dealings.
—Angela Yang, NBC news, 8 Oct. 2025
The slider needs to be pulled from left to right for the alarm to be turned off.
—PC Magazine, 7 Oct. 2025
The studio lights were turned off.
—Afşin Yurdakul, Time, 7 Oct. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for turned off
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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Etminan’s editing routine also deviated from his standard practice.—
Hugh Hart,
IndieWire,
17 Oct. 2025
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Fort Worth Mayor Mattie Parker deviated from the usual recitation of facts at this year’s State of the City address and instead chose to highlight the stories of individual residents.—
Harrison Mantas,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
16 Oct. 2025
Verb
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The original trees had to be removed in 2013 after being poisoned by Alabama fan Harvey Updyke.—
Jordy Fee-Platt,
New York Times,
25 Oct. 2025
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Investigators have removed a haul of items from the camps for forensic examination as part of ongoing enquiries to identify anyone who might have assisted Phillips during his time on the run.—
Laura Sharman,
CNN Money,
24 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
Adjective
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However, as the wedding got closer, both Megan and Jordan expressed hesitation over their opposing personalities and lives.—
Caroline Blair,
PEOPLE,
22 Oct. 2025
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Neo Trad The Neo Trad faction explores traditionalist values, aesthetics and gender roles—but for two opposing reasons.—
Angela Velasquez,
Sourcing Journal,
21 Oct. 2025
Verb
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According to the Centers for Disease Control (CDC), the outbreak has resulted in at least four deaths, and sickened 20 others.—
Amy McCarthy,
PEOPLE,
11 Oct. 2025
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The 15-state outbreak has sickened at least 20, killing four, since the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and the FDA began investigating cases of listeria poisoning, or listeriosis, in September.—
Marina Johnson,
Louisville Courier Journal,
7 Oct. 2025
Verb
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The nurse turned at the sound of footsteps outside the curtain around my bed.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
24 Oct. 2025
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No team in the Championship has lost more than the nine points Wrexham have dropped from a winning position this term, a damaging trait that began on the opening day at Southampton when two stoppage-time goals turned a 1-0 win into a dramatic loss.—
Richard Sutcliffe,
New York Times,
23 Oct. 2025
Verb
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To sum up, that is four different managers over five spells, none of whom were actually sacked, just seven league wins, and one calamitous relegation.—
Nick Miller,
New York Times,
26 Oct. 2025
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Wentz was also sacked five times.—
Anne Erickson,
MSNBC Newsweek,
26 Oct. 2025
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“Turned off.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/turned%20off. Accessed 30 Oct. 2025.
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