stranglehold, n.
(strangleholds)
(strangleholds)
a wrestling hold in which the arms are pressed against the opponent's windpipe
<noun.act>
stranglehold
semantic pointers
hypernym
complete power over a person or situation
<noun.attribute>
chokehold stranglehold throttlehold
sample sentences
"corporations have a stranglehold on the media""the president applied a chokehold to labor disputes that inconvenienced the public"
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hypernym