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"to shutter" is a correct and commonly used expression in written English.
It means to close or cover with shutters, typically referring to windows or doors. Example: "As the storm approached, the townspeople hurried to shutter their homes and businesses for protection."
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to shutter
verb
To close shutters covering.
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That complicates any move to shutter a poor performer.
Some businesses have started to shutter their doors.
The Mob feared, correctly, that Castro planned to shutter its casinos and night clubs.
They were now homeless, and Mrs. Aluede had to shutter her business.
The White House insists it is still determined to shutter the prison.
Murdoch was compelled to shutter the profitable News of the World.
In addition, it plans to shutter studios in Japan and Britain.
The decision to shutter Tabla was, Meyer told me, "excruciatingly hard".
Last August, though, Issue Project had to shutter the space because of structural problems.
It's expensive to shutter power plants and factories that have already been built.
It was time to shutter, reload and roll to a new dinner spot.
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