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chokehold
[chohk-hohld]
noun
a restraining hold in which one person encircles the neck of another in a viselike grip with the arm, usually approaching from behind.
The suspect was put in a chokehold and was gasping for breath.
a stifling grip; stranglehold.
a company that once had a chokehold over the PC market.
chokehold
/ ˈʃəʊˌəʊ /
noun
the act of holding a person's neck across the windpipe, esp from behind using one arm
complete power or control
the chokehold the mob has had on the town
Example Sentences
There is little doubt that Bukele’s mass arrests starting in 2022 helped dismantle the gangs that once held this country in a chokehold.
Syria may have been freed of the chokehold of the Assads' dynastic dictatorship.
After “Empire,” Star Wars itself couldn’t escape the chokehold of cliché.
Tech companies have a financial incentive to promote low quality information over journalism and are using their chokehold over online spaces to control the flow of information.
But rather than lay low, Drake, the dominant chart-topper of the past 15 years, is coming out fighting with an "intriguing" strategy after being put in a "cultural chokehold", says crisis PR expert Mark Borkowski.
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