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

Definition of shuts

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Have a real estate attorney draft the note and mortgage, run the title search and handle the recording so the sale closes properly and is treated like any other closing.

— Gary Singer, Sun Sentinel, 8 Oct. 2026
SpaceX can only begin using the EchoStar spectrum once the deal closes, which is slated for November 2027.

— Michael Kan, PC Magazine, 8 Oct. 2026

Definition of closes

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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 (down)

close shave

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