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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.
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.
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.
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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