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stranglehold

stranglehold noun: a grip or control so strong as to stifle or cut off.

Noun

stranglehold (plural strangleholds)

  1. A grip or control so strong as to stifle or cut off.
    • For years the company had a stranglehold on the rest of the industry.
    • Numerous witnesses had come forward at that time to state that they had watched Kelly tackle Symaco and pin her on the floor in a strangle-hold until investigating officers arrived to pry him loose.1979 August 25, Jil Clark, “Police Officer Convicted in Beating of Lesbians”, in Gay Community News, volume 7, number 6, page 1

Verb

stranglehold (third-person singular simple present strangleholds, present participle strangleholding, simple past and past participle strangleheld)

  1. (transitive) To hold a tight grip or control.
    • "She does not hold a partner; she strangleholds him. As soon as a man realizes how tightly she holds on, he leaves her."2014, David Richo, When Love Meets Fear: How to Become Defense-less and Resource-full
    Synonyms:
    clasp, grasp, grip

stranglehold meaning in Kannada

stranglehold in Kannada

ಬಿಗಿಹಿಡಿತ, ಕತ್ತುಹಿಡಿತ

Synonyms of stranglehold

All synonyms of stranglehold

Forms of stranglehold

Noun
pluralstrangleholds
Verb
third-person singular presentstrangleholds
present participlestrangleholding
past participlestrangleheld
paststrangleheld

Origin of stranglehold

From strangle + hold.

Questions about stranglehold

What does stranglehold mean?
Stranglehold means a grip or control so strong as to stifle or cut off.
What is stranglehold in Kannada?
Stranglehold in Kannada is ಬಿಗಿಹಿಡಿತ, ಕತ್ತುಹಿಡಿತ. See Stranglehold meaning in Kannada.
What part of speech is stranglehold?
Stranglehold can be a noun or a verb.
What is the plural of stranglehold?
The plural of stranglehold is strangleholds.

Words near stranglehold in the dictionary

  1. strangleable
  2. strangled
  3. strangled the parrot
  4. strangledly
  5. strangleheld
  6. stranglehold
  7. strangleholding
  8. strangleholds
  9. stranglement
  10. stranglements
  11. strangler

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