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shut down

verb as in close up

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On 4 November, the prime minister announced plans to create a new Border Security Command, which the government say will have enhanced powers to trace suspected traffickers and shut down their bank accounts.

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Since Panorama’s initial investigation, the school and gym have shut down, and three former school employees have been charged with offences including assault and abusive behaviour.

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Critics see this policy proposal as an effort to whitewash history, limit diverse perspectives and shut down discussion of controversial topics.

Xi shut down the area and took Trump on a tour of the imperial quarters, every moment broadcast live on state TV.

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It is the "end of the party but not the movement", Women's Equality Party co-founder Catherine Mayer has said, after members voted to shut down the organisation.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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