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closure

noun
  1. termination of operations
    “they regretted the closure of the day care center”
    closedown
  2. approaching a particular destination
    closing
  3. the act of blocking
    blockageocclusion
  4. an obstruction in a pipe or tube
    blockstopblockageocclusionstoppage
  5. something settled or resolved
    resolution
  6. a Gestalt principle of organization holding that there is an innate tendency to perceive incomplete objects as complete and to close or fill gaps and to perceive asymmetric stimuli as symmetric
    law of closure
  7. a rule for limiting or ending debate in a deliberative body
    gag lawcloturegag rule
verb
  1. to terminate debate by calling for a vote
    “The debate was closured by the opposition.”
    cloture