dead-end vs shut down

dead-end

verb
  • To come to a dead-end. 

adj
  • Going nowhere; blocked. 

noun
  • A road with no exit. 

  • A position that offers no hope of progress. 

shut down

verb
  • To close, terminate, or end. 

  • To pass (another vehicle), especially quickly. 

  • To turn off or stop. 

  • To emotionally withdraw into oneself as a defense mechanism; to block out external stressors. 

How often have the words dead-end and shut down occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )