stranglehold

IPA: strˈæŋgʌɫhoʊɫd

noun

  • A grip or control so strong as to stifle or cut off.

verb

  • to hold a tight grip or control
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Examples of "stranglehold" in Sentences

  • It's broken the stranglehold that radio had.
  • The tank was developed to break this stranglehold.
  • I'm powerless to resist against their stranglehold.
  • It shows that Disney has a stranglehold on this page.
  • A stranglehold is a grappling hold that strangles the opponent.
  • A 'stranglehold' is a grappling hold that strangles the opponent.
  • But by 2006, Ticketmaster's stranglehold on the industry loosened.
  • Anyway Berlusconi has no particular stranglehold on Italian politics.
  • It is clearly in the stranglehold of a handful of sceptical contributors.
  • This is a reflection of gambling's stranglehold on the sport at the time.

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