05193781-n 'complete power over a person or situation';
 
Chinese (simplified) 压制 , 束缚
English chokehold , stranglehold , throttlehold
Malaysian cengkaman
Definitions
English
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
Japanese
ある人や状況に対する徹底した支配力
― 企業はメディアを締め付けている; 社長は世間に迷惑をかけた労使紛争を抑圧した
Relations
Hypernym: power
Semantic Field: attributen
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