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noun

any of various devices for clasping or fastening things together, or for bracing parts; esp., an appliance with two parts that can be brought together, usually by a screw, to grip something

transitive verb

to grip, fasten, or brace with or as with a clamp
☆ to put in effect forcefully; impose: to clamp a curfew on the town

noun

the sound of heavy footsteps

intransitive verb

to tread heavily

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