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stranglehold
[strang-guhl-hohld]
noun
Wrestling.an illegal hold by which an opponent's breath is choked off.
a restraining hold in which one person uses an arm to encircle the neck of another; a chokehold.
any force or influence that restricts the free actions or development of a person or thing; a stifling grip.
to break the stranglehold of superstition.
stranglehold
/ ˈٰæŋɡəˌəʊ /
noun
a wrestling hold in which a wrestler's arms are pressed against his opponent's windpipe See also Japanese stranglehold
complete power or control over a person or situation
Word History and Origins
Origin of stranglehold1
Example Sentences
Conservative commentator Steve Hilton, a Republican, argued that state leaders need to end the “stranglehold” of unions, lawyers and climate change activists on California policy.
But Sinner, 23, and Alcaraz, 22, have a stranglehold on the majors, having won the past five Grand Slams between them.
Yet it is no simple task - CCM has won every election since independence, and is unlikely to easily let go of its stranglehold on power.
Like the song’s music video, the live number ends with the Mistress reappearing and the two locking into an elaborately choreographed stranglehold.
When a mentally disturbed neighbor sets herself on fire and a slumlord tries to extort money from them, the family gets tangled in the corruption that keeps a stranglehold on the slum’s inhabitants.
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