English noun: chokehold | |||
1. | chokehold (attribute) complete power over a person or situation | ||
Samples | Corporations have a stranglehold on the media. The president applied a chokehold to labor disputes that inconvenienced the public. | ||
Synonyms | stranglehold, throttlehold | ||
Broader (hypernym) | power, powerfulness | ||
2. | chokehold (act) a restraining hold; someone loops the arm around the neck of another person in a tight grip, usually from behind | ||
Samples | He grabbed the woman in a chokehold, demanded her cash and jewelry, and then fled. | ||
Synonyms | choke hold | ||
Broader (hypernym) | clasp, clench, clutch, clutches, grasp, grip, hold | ||