Close down and Neglect

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Close down verb - Cease to operate or cause to cease operating.

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Neglect is an antonym for close down in finish topic.

Neglect verb - To fail to give proper attention to.

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Close down is an antonym for neglect.

In films, they're either the villain sent from the bank or "the company" to close down the local orphanage/toy shop in the name of profit or workaholics who neglect their family and need to be instructed that "family comes first"... usually by a benevolent Southerner.

Source: Useful Notes / Culture Of Italy

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