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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