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Source: The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
cloture

	Cloture \Cl[^o]`ture"\, n. [F.] (Parliamentary Practice)
   See Closure, 5.
   [1913 Webster]

Source: WordNet (r) 2.0
cloture

	cloture
     n : a rule for limiting or ending debate in a deliberative body
         [syn: closure, gag rule, gag law]
     v : terminate debate by calling for a vote; "debate was
         closured"; "cloture the discussion" [syn: closure]

Source: Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
cloture

	20 Moby Thesaurus words for "cloture":
   cloture by compartment, committee consideration, debate,
   deliberation, division, filibuster, filibustering, filing,
   first reading, guillotine, introduction, kangaroo cloture,
   logrolling, roll call, second reading, steamroller methods,
   tabling, talkathon, third reading, vote

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