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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

shutdown

noun: termination of operations; "they regretted the closure of the day care center" [syn: {closure}, {closedown}, {closing}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

21 Moby Thesaurus words for "shutdown": abandonment, blockade, breakoff, cease, ceasing, cessation, close, closing, closure, desinence, desistance, discontinuance, discontinuation, occlusion, relinquishment, renunciation, shutting, shutting up, stopping, surcease, termination

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