closing (a door, window, etc.)

chance; start; cue; excuse; motive; impetus; occasion

exchange; conversion; replacement; switching (to); switchover

to close up; to shut up (e.g. behind doors)

to cut (cloth, paper, etc.); to cut off

determination

peppiness (of a ball)

omission; rounding down (e.g. fractions); truncation

to break off from (pursuer); to pull away

cut; gash; incision

to cut off (from); to separate; to detach; to sever; to uncouple

resolutely; boldly; decisively; daringly