My Safari program will not shut down so I cannot shut down my MacOSX

My Safari program will not shut down (shut down line is greyed out.)  How can I shut it down , so that I can shut down the Mac OSX?

Do you mean "quit" (at the bottom of the window):
P.S. Please do not double post; it makes things much too confusing. I've asked the hosts to remove your other post.

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