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closedown

[klohz-doun] / 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

Queues have been growing at passport offices as tourists and people travelling for business or other reasons put in their applications before the proposed closedown.

From The Guardian Apr. 8, 2011

When they bade the viewers goodnight at closedown, it was, the critic Peter Black fancied, as if they were tucking them up for the night.

From The Guardian Oct. 14, 2010

Steel Corp. to keep 50 of its Great Lakes ore carriers sailing to Jan. 1, and Army Corps of Engineers will hold Sault Ste. Marie locks open until then, instead of normal Dec. 15 closedown.

From Time Magazine Archive




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