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All close down synonyms

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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. Navy’s 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.
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