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closedown

[klohz-daun] / ˈkloʊzˌdaʊn /
NOUN
shutdown
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"I repeat, both the collection boxes and this machine closedown I was — I was made aware when everybody else was made aware," Mr DeJoy said.

From BBC ● Aug. 21, 2020

After this year, following the Tevatron's permanent closedown in the autumn, it will be the world's lone super-collider.

From Reuters ● Apr. 22, 2011

Either the researcher didn't know this, or was too superstitious to plant the seed of thought that Daybreak may follow a similar trajectory and soon become a closedown show called Nightcap.

From The Guardian ● Apr. 12, 2011

Queues grew at passport offices on Friday as tourists and people traveling for business or other reasons put in their applications afraid of a closedown.

From The Guardian ● Apr. 9, 2011

After a bitter meeting of the university senate, Columbia joined 100 other colleges in a one-day closedown last week.

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