chokehold
(noun)
noun
1. complete power over a person or situation
- the president applied a chokehold to labor disputes that inconvenienced the public
Similar word(s): stranglehold, throttlehold
Definition categories: attribute, power, powerfulness
2. a restraining hold; someone loops the arm around the neck of another person in a tight grip, usually from behind
- he grabbed the woman in a chokehold, demanded her cash and jewelry, and then fled
Definition categories: act, clasp, clench, clutch, clutches, grasp, grip, hold
Sentences with chokehold as a noun:
- He put his opponent in a chokehold.
- Your country has a chokehold on our economy.