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closure

 noun
     
clo‧sure
1 [uncountable and countable] when a factory, school, hospital etc has to close permanently:
Several military bases are threatened with closure.
factory/hospital/school etc closure
the problem of school closures
closure of
the closure of St Bartholomew's Hospital
2 [uncountable and countable] when a road, bridge etc is closed for a short time so that people cannot use it:
On the M40, there are lane closures near Oxford.
3 [uncountable] when an event or a period of time is brought to an end, or the feeling that something has been completely dealt with:
Funerals help give people a sense of closure.
Definition from the Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
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