stranglehold
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- noun
- /ˈstræŋɡəlˌhoʊld/
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estrangulamiento
- Gabriel had come into the house after his talks with phantoms and was on the bedroom floor struggling to free himself from Miguel Chico's stranglehold.
- stranglehold around her neck
- tightened his stranglehold
- release the stranglehold
Examples
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To get off, she released her stranglehold on the hand grip and turned sideways, letting her left foot down slowly, suspending it for a second until her sense of balance caught up with this first stage of her descent.
Fiction book (1996) -
Now he's going for the stranglehold.
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The woman's stranglehold pulled him over backward, making him gasp desperately.
Fiction book (1992) -
She chokes, breaks his stranglehold, swerves him round, gains a nelson hold on his arms and throat.
Fiction book (1998) -
The wrestler applied a stranglehold that left his opponent unable to breathe.
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He was caught in a tight stranglehold, struggling to escape as he gasped for air.
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During the match, the fighter executed a precise stranglehold to subdue his rival.
Synonyms
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7.5
A tight arm around someone's neck from behind to stop them moving or make them pass out
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A tight grip around a person's neck that makes it hard to breathe or move
A wrestling hold where a person's arms cross in front of their neck to press the throat
A forceful grip around someone's throat that stops breathing
Antonyms
Compounds
- Jargon
A wrestling hold where a person's arms cross in front of their neck to press the throat
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Stranglehold is made of strangle ('to choke') and hold ('a firm grip'). It originally named a wrestling move where someone grips the neck to stop or limit breathing, which is why it means that kind of choke in sport.