The head at zero discharge is called "shut-off" head.    From Wordnik.com.  [7. Pumping equipment] Reference

But like others, it doesn't have an automatic shut-off.    From Wordnik.com.  [Going Beyond Beef Stew] Reference

New Hampshire woman dies after power shut-off: New Hampshire Gov.    From Wordnik.com.  [Arizona governor: Illegal immigrants transport drugs] Reference

It initially deployed robots to try to activate the shut-off valve.    From Wordnik.com.  [BP Wasn't Prepared For Leak, CEO Says] Reference

And the sound will progressively get softer as it nears the shut-off time.    From Wordnik.com.  [Robert J. Elisberg: The Writers Workbench: It's an iPod World] Reference

When wells do surge out of control, the primary shut-off systems almost always work.    From Wordnik.com.  [Leaking Oil Well Lacked Safeguard Device] Reference

"We had a stack of mail with a bunch of late fees and shut-off threats," says Tedesco.    From Wordnik.com.  [Talk, Talk, Talk] Reference

Who also did not know where the shut-off was, but at least knew how to read the plats.    From Wordnik.com.  [grouse Diary Entry] Reference

Worse yet, the purchase of one shut-off switch may have helped to prevent the disaster.    From Wordnik.com.  [Josh Nelson: Who was the Dirtiest Polluter This Year? I'd say BP] Reference

And what happened, once the tornado came through, our automatic shut-off files kicked in.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Feb 6, 2008] Reference

"I've gone from corporate America to the top of Comcast's shut-off list," she says ruefully.    From Wordnik.com.  [24 million go from 'thriving' to 'struggling'] Reference

Some pipelines have automatic shut-off valves that quickly clamp down in the event of a leak.    From Wordnik.com.  [Analog Science Fiction and Fact]

The Wall Street Journal reports that the oil well didn't have a remote-control shut-off switch.    From Wordnik.com.  [Dick Cheney's Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day] Reference

Brazil and other countries require a special emergency shut-off mechanism on their offshore rigs.    From Wordnik.com.  [Janet Ritz: The Gulf Coast Oil Spill: An Ecological Disaster Years in the Making] Reference

General Electric Co. is designing ovens with easier-to-open doors and automatic shut-off burners.    From Wordnik.com.  [Home Appliances to Soothe the Aches of Aging Boomers] Reference

But I can recall, you know, you have sort of a shut-off date, particularly in a presidential year.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Apr 17, 2005] Reference

Some manufacturers, including GM and Nissan, already follow the "quick pushes" shut-off philosophy.    From Wordnik.com.  [Toyota to redesign start-stop buttons to improve safety] Reference

Straining, he managed to get a finger on the correct button, and pressed the emergency shut-off switch.    From Wordnik.com.  [Before Destruction]

And the pump shut-off didn't work, so sheets of fuel poured off the wing like rain to cover the tarmac.    From Wordnik.com.  [grouse Diary Entry] Reference

She was facing the far wall, looking at the screen that should have been blank in this shut-off section.    From Wordnik.com.  [Futures Imperfect]

In the long run, they must be watertight and equipped with a shut-off device to interrupt the drainage process.    From Wordnik.com.  [8. Classification of roughing filters] Reference

So there is a plan in place to shut-off several blocks around the venue, that ` s what ` s going to happen here.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Jul 3, 2009] Reference

This prevents accidentally shutting off the car, but many owners likely don't know this lengthy shut-off procedure.    From Wordnik.com.  [Toyota to redesign start-stop buttons to improve safety] Reference

The basement was full of mysterious things-pipes and spigots and boilers-any one of which might be a shut-off valve.    From Wordnik.com.  [I'm A Stranger Here Myself]

Hart noted that it is common to have manual shut-off valves for pipes of that size, rather than automatic shut-offs.    From Wordnik.com.  [San Bruno Fire: Feds Probe Time It Took To Shut Down Gas Pipe] Reference

It was all an amusing game to Peter, but a dangerous one to play in a shut-off village in the Highlands of Scotland.    From Wordnik.com.  [Death of a Charming Man]

Though that's a safety precaution to prevent an accidental engine shut-off, it's an action many owners may never guess.    From Wordnik.com.  [Five key fixes automakers should make now to reduce unintended acceleration] Reference

One exception is the Turk N 'Surf, an electric fryer that includes a safety shut-off and UL-listed adjustable thermostat.    From Wordnik.com.  [Don't be a turkey: Gas fryers are unsafe] Reference

FLEISCHER: If you're asking me a question about shut-off valves, I'd refer you to the agency that handles shut-off valves.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Apr 30, 2001] Reference

Couldn't it be that the surviving organisms are those which have "shut-off" the original gene and "turned on" a different one?.    From Wordnik.com.  [Being Opportunistic] Reference

It was clear from his expression that no householder in plumbing history had ever not known the location of his auxiliary shut-off valve.    From Wordnik.com.  [I'm A Stranger Here Myself]

It has many shut-off valves, so that if there is exposure or contamination inside this containment box, it can be shut off and contained.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Nov 30, 2001] Reference

The oil well lacked a remote-control shut-off switch that regulators in Norway and Brazil request to safeguard against underwater spills.    From Wordnik.com.  [What's News: World-Wide] Reference