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chokehold::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | stranglehold, throttlehold |
| Type of | power, powerfulness |
the president applied a chokehold to labor disputes that inconvenienced the public.
Examples of chokehold
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There is nothing like a strong chokehold to force your subjects into submission.
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Mr Phillips this week testified he had been grabbed in a chokehold with Snr. Const.
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Johnson's head slamming the floor while bent in the chokehold broke his neck.
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When France attempted to leave the elevator, the man put her in a chokehold.
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Mike Singletary's team will put a chokehold on one of the NFL's most suspect offenses.
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This was the year to finally break the quarter-century Tennessee chokehold.
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Other MoVal electeds admit to occasionally getting gagged by the chokehold.
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He's caught in a guillotine chokehold, an effective counter to a double-leg takedown.
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Months before her death, a witness said he saw Love in Huguely's chokehold.
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- Stranglehold: 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"
- A restraining hold; someone loops the arm around the neck of another person in a tight grip, usually from behind; "he grabbed the woman in a chokehold, demanded her cash and jewelry, and then fled"
- Chokehold were a vegan straight edge hardcore/punk band hailing from Hamilton, Ontario in Canada. They first formed in 1990, releasing the "More Than Ever" demo tape in 1991. This was quickly followed in 1992 by a split EP with Crisis of Faith and the Life Goes On EP that same year. ...
