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RELATED WORD : japanese stranglehold

WORDNET DICTIONARY

Noun stranglehold has 2 senses

• stranglehold(n = noun.attribute) chokehold, throttlehold - complete power over a person or situation; "corporations have a stranglehold on the media"; "the president applied a chokehold to labor disputes that inconvenienced the public"
is a kind of power, powerfulness

• stranglehold(n = noun.act) Array - a wrestling hold in which the arms are pressed against the opponent's windpipe; Array
is a kind of wrestling hold

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THESAURUS

stranglehold

Oregon boat, arrest, arrestation, arrestment, bear hug, bilbo, blockage, blocking, bond, bonds, bridle, camisole, chains, check, clogging, closing up, closure, collar, constriction, cramp, cuffs, delay, detainment, detention, fetter, fixation, foot-dragging, full nelson, gag, gyves, half nelson, halter, hamper, hampering, handcuffs, hindering, hindrance, hobbles, holdback, holdup, hopples, impediment, inhibition, interference, interruption, irons, leading strings, leash, let, lock, manacle, muzzle, negativism, nuisance value, obstruction, obstructionism, occlusion, opposition, pillory, quarter nelson, reins, repression, resistance, restraint, restraints, restriction, retardation, retardment, scissors, setback, shackle, squeeze, stocks, straightjacket, strait-waistcoat, straitjacket, stricture, suppression, tether, toehold, trammel, trammels, yoke

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