CHOKEHOLD as NOUN

1. Meaning
   • a restraining hold
   • someone loops the arm around the neck of another person in a tight grip, usually from behind
   Synonym(s)
   • choke hold (what does choke hold mean?)
   Usage Example(s)
   • he grabbed the woman in a chokehold, demanded her cash and jewelry, and then fled
   Hypernyms(s) chokehold is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • clasp (what does clasp mean?)
   • clench (what does clench mean?)
   • clutch (what does clutch mean?)
   • clutches (what does clutches mean?)
   • grasp (what does grasp mean?)
   • grip (what does grip mean?)
   • hold (what does hold mean?)
2. Meaning
   • complete power over a person or situation
   Synonym(s)
   • stranglehold (what does stranglehold mean?)
   • throttlehold (what does throttlehold mean?)
   Usage Example(s)
   • corporations have a strangelhold on the media
   • the president applied a chokehold to labor disputes that inconvenienced the public
   Hypernyms(s) chokehold is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • power (what does power mean?)
   • powerfulness (what does powerfulness mean?)