Defenition of the word stranglehold

• Defenition of the word stranglehold

  • a wrestling hold in which the arms are pressed against the opponent's windpipe
  • complete power over a person or situation
  • a wrestling hold in which the arms are pressed against the opponent''s windpipe
  • complete power over a person or situation; "corporations have a strangelhold on the media"; "the president applied a chokehold to labor disputes that inconvenienced the public"

Synonyms for the word stranglehold

• • iron grip
  • monopoly
  • strong hold
  • throttlehold
  • vice-like grip

Similar words in the stranglehold

• • stranglehold
  • stranglehold's
  • strangleholds

Hypernyms for the word stranglehold

• • potency
  • power
  • powerfulness
  • wrestling hold

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