closure

UK /ˈkləʊ.ʒə(ɹ)/ US /ˈkloʊ.ʒɚ/
noun 5verb 1

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(noun.)

ADJ

complete, total

The factory announced a total closure after operating for fifty years in the community.

partial | immediate | eventual | permanent, temporary | indefinite | planned, possible, proposed, threatened | enforced | factory, hospital, pit, road, school, etc.

VERB + CLOSURE

be earmarked for, be threatened with, face

The factory was threatened with closure after the company lost its biggest contract.

cause, force

The factory's financial problems caused the closure of three production lines last month.

prevent, save sth from, stop

The government prevented the hospital closure by approving emergency funding last month.

CLOSURE + NOUN

plan, programme | order

PHRASES

(be) under threat of closure

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