"cloture" in the noun sense
1. closure, cloture, gag rule, gag law
a rule for limiting or ending debate in a deliberative body
"cloture" in the verb sense
1. closure, cloture
terminate debate by calling for a vote
"debate was closured"
"cloture the discussion"
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