That ended abruptly with war in 1939 which virtually shut the market.

On Friday, the city was virtually shut down and area schools closed.

Karachi the commercial capital of the country was virtually shut down.

The country's tourism industry, which once brought in $2.2 billion a year, has been virtually shut down.

Conservatives were virtually shut out of Quebec for the next 50 years.

This industry has virtually shut down because the raw materials that once came from Russia have been cut off.

"So what it means is we have to reduce services in the county, lay off employees and virtually shut down county government," he said.

The nation's higher education system, especially the elite schools, virtually shut down.

She said businesses not operating inside "the convention perimeter" might be virtually shut out.

So many people became ill during the first part of December, 2003 that the city was virtually shut down.