All close down synonyms
close down
C c verb close down
- stop β to cease from, leave off, or discontinue: to stop running.
- close β When you close something such as a door or lid or when it closes, it moves so that a hole, gap, or opening is covered.
- finish β to bring (something) to an end or to completion; complete: to finish a novel; to finish breakfast.
- prohibit β to forbid (an action, activity, etc.) by authority or law: Smoking is prohibited here.
- bar β A bar is a place where you can buy and drink alcoholic drinks.
- halt β to falter, as in speech, reasoning, etc.; be hesitant; stumble.
- prevent β to keep from occurring; avert; hinder: He intervened to prevent bloodshed.
- suppress β to put an end to the activities of (a person, body of persons, etc.): to suppress the Communist and certain left-leaning parties.
- outlaw β a lawless person or habitual criminal, especially one who is a fugitive from the law.
- restrict β to confine or keep within limits, as of space, action, choice, intensity, or quantity.
- proscribe β to denounce or condemn (a thing) as dangerous or harmful; prohibit.
- break β When an object breaks or when you break it, it suddenly separates into two or more pieces, often because it has been hit or dropped.
- close β When you close something such as a door or lid or when it closes, it moves so that a hole, gap, or opening is covered.
- drop β a small quantity of liquid that falls or is produced in a more or less spherical mass; a liquid globule.
- finish β to bring (something) to an end or to completion; complete: to finish a novel; to finish breakfast.
- suspend β to hang by attachment to something above: to suspend a chandelier from the ceiling.
- arrest β If the police arrest you, they take charge of you and take you to a police station, because they believe you may have committed a crime.
- stop β to cease from, leave off, or discontinue: to stop running.
- stem β science, technology, engineering, and mathematics, considered as a group of academic or career fields (often used attributively): degree programs in STEM disciplines; teaching STEM in high school.
- adjourn β If a meeting or trial is adjourned or if it adjourns, it is stopped for a short time.
- stall β a pretext, as a ruse, trick, or the like, used to delay or deceive.
- cease β If something ceases, it stops happening or existing.
- interrupt β to cause or make a break in the continuity or uniformity of (a course, process, condition, etc.).
- curb β If you curb something, you control it and keep it within limits.
- impede β to retard in movement or progress by means of obstacles or hindrances; obstruct; hinder.
- deter β To deter someone from doing something means to make them not want to do it or continue doing it.
- hamper β to hold back; hinder; impede: A steady rain hampered the progress of the work.
- block β A block of flats or offices is a large building containing them.
- break off β If part of something breaks off or if you break it off, it comes off or is removed by force.
- push β to press upon or against (a thing) with force in order to move it away.
- lock β a tress, curl, or ringlet of hair.
- seal β a member of the U.S. Navyβs special operations forces.
- do β Informal. a burst of frenzied activity; action; commotion.
- complete β You use complete to emphasize that something is as great in extent, degree, or amount as it possibly can be.
- conclude β If you conclude that something is true, you decide that it is true using the facts you know as a basis.
- wrap up β something to be wrapped about the person, especially in addition to the usual indoor clothing, as a shawl, scarf, or sweater: an evening wrap.
- settle β to appoint, fix, or resolve definitely and conclusively; agree upon (as time, price, or conditions).
- inhibit β to restrain, hinder, arrest, or check (an action, impulse, etc.).
- curse β If you curse, you use rude or offensive language, usually because you are angry about something.
- blackball β If the members of a club blackball someone, they vote against that person being allowed to join their club.
- disallow β to refuse to allow; reject; veto: to disallow a claim for compensation.
- interdict β Civil Law. any prohibitory act or decree of a court or an administrative officer.
- banish β If someone or something is banished from a place or area of activity, they are sent away from it and prevented from entering it.
- illegalize β to make illegal: They even wanted to illegalize smoking.
- crash β A crash is an accident in which a moving vehicle hits something and is damaged or destroyed.
- fold β to confine (sheep or other domestic animals) in a fold.
- default β If a person, company, or country defaults on something that they have legally agreed to do, such as paying some money or doing a piece of work before a particular time, they fail to do it.
- terminate β to bring to an end; put an end to: to terminate a contract.
- dishonor β lack or loss of honor; disgraceful or dishonest character or conduct.
- repudiate β to reject as having no authority or binding force: to repudiate a claim.