chokehold

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Definition
  1. Noun:
    • A physical restraining hold: A chokehold is a grappling hold where one person's arm is tightly looped around another person's neck, typically from behind, to restrict breathing or blood flow and subdue them.
    • Complete dominance or control: A chokehold is a situation of overwhelming power or control that one person, group, or factor has over another, severely limiting their freedom or options.
Usage Examples
  • Noun (Physical Hold):
    • The officer used a chokehold to subdue the suspect.
    • Applying a chokehold is considered a dangerous and restricted technique in many police departments.
  • Noun (Dominance/Control):
    • The new regulations tightened the government's chokehold on the industry.
    • The company has a financial chokehold on its suppliers, dictating all the terms.
Advanced Usage
  • "to have a chokehold on (something/someone)": To possess complete and often oppressive control.
    • The monopoly has a chokehold on the entire market.
  • "to put/place a chokehold on (something)": To apply such complete control.
    • High interest rates are putting a chokehold on economic growth.
Variants and Related Words
  • Stranglehold (noun): A very similar term, often used interchangeably in the context of dominance and control. (e.g., )
  • Choke (verb): To restrict or block airflow; to fail to perform effectively under pressure.
Synonyms
  • Physical Hold: stranglehold, neck hold, grappling hold.
  • Dominance/Control: stranglehold, iron grip, tyranny, domination, supremacy.
Related Idioms/Phrases
  • "In a chokehold": Being in a state of complete subjugation or control.
    • The small nation was in an economic chokehold by its larger neighbor.
  • "Tighten the chokehold": To increase the level of control or pressure.
    • The sanctions were designed to tighten the chokehold on the regime.
Noun
  1. 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
  2. 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

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