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stranglehold Definition

strangle·hold (-hōld′)

noun

  1. an illegal wrestling hold that chokes off an opponent's breath
  2. any force or action that restricts or suppresses freedom
stranglehold Usage Examples

Preposition: of

  • poverty: This severely impedes any opportunity to overcome the current stranglehold of poverty.
  • game: Garden was another struggle but FFc appeared to have a stranglehold of the game when they won, bringing their score to 8-0.
  • system: A fairer voting system - to allow smaller parties to break the stranglehold of the current two-party system.
  • sin: In Christ's death and resurrection the stranglehold of sin and evil on the human race was broken.

Converse of object

  • exert: Dave Jones and Simon Marshall had other ideas and working well in tandem they exerted a stranglehold on the league leaders.
  • break: Break the stranglehold which big business has on some sports.
  • escape: WaterAid is a charity dedicated to helping people escape the stranglehold of poverty and disease caused by living without safe water and sanitation.
  • gain: How did the two parties gain a stranglehold on municipal power?
  • have: They have a stranglehold on the nation's finances.
  • take: The oriental plant was probably first planted by the Victorians, but has since taken a massive stranglehold.

Adjective modifier

  • economic: It was therefore vital for Britain to prevent Napoleon from gaining an economic stranglehold on the country.
  • complete: He looked hungry for the ball and along with Dacourt they had a complete stranglehold on the midfield.
  • ideological: Our whole formation toward, and in, filmic enterprises, is dominated by such ideological strangleholds.

Preposition: on

  • market: A few financially powerful countries or blocs have a stranglehold on the world market.
  • game: Warriors soon exerted their dominance on the game with the Warriors ' backs having a stranglehold on the game.
  • area: The risks of a developing a stranglehold on these combined areas need to be examined.
  • match: With the wind behind them in the second half, Ware took more of a stranglehold on the match.
  • supply: The game was heading for anti-climax, such was France's stranglehold on the supply of possession.

Noun used with modifier

  • midfield: The midfield stranglehold went and the game was destined to finish equal.