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CLOTURE

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

A rule for limiting or ending debate in a deliberative body

Synonyms:

closure; cloture; gag law; gag rule

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Hypernyms ("cloture" is a kind of...):

order; parliamentary law; parliamentary procedure; rules of order (a body of rules followed by an assembly)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "cloture"):

closure by compartment; guillotine (closure imposed on the debate of specific sections of a bill)

Derivation:

cloture (terminate debate by calling for a vote)

 II. (verb) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Terminate debate by calling for a vote

Example:

cloture the discussion

Synonyms:

closure; cloture

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

Hypernyms (to "cloture" is one way to...):

end; terminate (bring to an end or halt)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Derivation:

cloture (a rule for limiting or ending debate in a deliberative body)

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