STRANGLEHOLD as NOUN

1. Meaning
   • a wrestling hold in which the arms are pressed against the opponent’’s windpipe
   Hypernyms(s) stranglehold is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • wrestling hold (what does wrestling hold mean?)
2. Meaning
   • complete power over a person or situation
   Synonym(s)
   • chokehold (what does chokehold 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) stranglehold 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?)