close
verb
to stop doing business or operating permanently
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Closing a business and ceasing to operate a business
shut down
if a shop, school, factory, or business shuts down, or if someone shuts it down, it closes, usually permanently
wind up
to close a business
go under
if something such as a business goes under, it fails completely and stops operating
liquidate
verb
to close a business and sell everything that it owns, usually in order to pay money that is owed
fail
verb
if something such as a business or a relationship fails, it has a lot of problems and can no longer continue
go out of business
if a company goes out of business, it stops doing business permanently, especially because it has failed
vocal fry
a speech habit in which a speaker lowers their voice at the end of a sentence
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a mineral which is mined in a place where there is armed conflict, and sold to help pay for weapons
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