cloture

• POS: Noun, Verb (transitive)
• HYPHEN: clo=ture

OXFORD DICTIONARY

cloture, n. & v. US
--n. the closure of a debate.
--v.tr. closure.

Etymology

F cl{ocirc}ture f. OF CLOSURE

THESAURUS

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

ROGET THESAURUS

cloture

Cessation

N cessation, discontinuance, desistance, desinence, intermission, remission, suspense, suspension, interruption, stop, stopping, closure, stoppage, halt, arrival, pause, rest, lull, respite, truce, drop, interregnum, abeyance, cloture, dead stop, dead stand, dead lock, finis, cerrado, blowout, burnout, meltdown, disintegration, comma, colon, semicolon, period, full stop, end, death, I pause for a reply.