CLOSES (DOWN) Synonyms: 17 Similar and Opposite Words

closes (down)

verb

present tense third-person singular of close (down)

as in shuts

to stop the operations of the coal mine was closed down in the 1930s

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There’s a brief pause, and then my phone goes haywire, inundated with Bluetooth signal spam — new Airpods connections, contact requests, an avalanche of popups that make my phone basically unusable until Hedge shuts it off.

— Jack Crosbie, Rolling Stone, 31 Aug. 2026
Both failures are expensive in flood response, since a miss floods a warehouse and a false alarm shuts one down for no reason.

— Sandy Carter, Forbes.com, 18 Aug. 2026

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Mexican restaurant closes abruptly Despite the comments on a recent Facebook post praising its glory, a KC-area Mexican restaurant has closed.

— Kansas City Star, Kansas City Star, 3 Oct. 2026
Even so, running current software closes other security gaps that attackers could try to exploit.

— Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 2 Oct. 2026

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The announcement comes as Slayyyter closes out an insanely successful year.

— Alicia Urrea, Billboard, 6 Oct. 2026
First-time headliners Riley Green and Zach Top will anchor the first two nights of the country music festival, before genre superstar Garth Brooks closes out the final night.

— Joseph Hudak, Rolling Stone, 14 Sep. 2026

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closes

closes (down)

close shave

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