Chain
Chain verb - To confine or restrain with or as if with chains.
Shut
Shut verb - To position (something) so as to prevent passage through an opening.
Usage example: please shut the door when you leave
Common collocations
Both words in one sentence
- For example, the control rods were poorly designed — in an emergency reactor shutdown or "scram", the control rods are dropped en masse to block neutron emissions and shut down the chain reaction.
Source: Failsafe Failure - It turns out to be Krycek, who shoves the woman through a door and slams it shut on the chain, trapping Mulder.
Source: Chained Heat / Live-Action TV -
A couple years later, the ex-gay ministry featured in the episode, Exodus International, shut down after a chain of events that began with the episode.
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Shut and Chain. (2016). Retrieved 2026, July 22, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/chain/shut
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Shut or Chain. 2016. Accessed July 22, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/chain/shut.
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