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English Dictionary: Stranglehold by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
stranglehold
n
  1. 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"
    Synonym(s): stranglehold, chokehold, throttlehold
  2. a wrestling hold in which the arms are pressed against the opponent's windpipe
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