'stranglehold' definitions:
Definition of 'stranglehold'
From: WordNet
noun
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" [syn: stranglehold, chokehold, throttlehold]
noun
A wrestling hold in which the arms are pressed against the opponent's windpipe
Synonyms of 'stranglehold'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- arrest,
- arrestation,
- arrestment,
- bear hug,
- bilbo,
- blockage,
- blocking,
- bond,
- bonds,
- bridle,
- camisole,
- chains,
- check,
- clogging,
- closing up,
- closure,
- collar,
- constriction,
- cramp,
- cuffs,
- delay,
- detainment,
- detention,
- fetter,
- fixation,
- foot-dragging,
- full nelson,
- gag,
- gyves,
- half nelson,
- halter,
- hamper,
- hampering,
- handcuffs,
- hindering,
- hindrance,
- hobbles,
- holdback,
- holdup,
- hopples,
- impediment,
- inhibition,
- interference,
- interruption,
- irons,
- leading strings,
- leash,
- let,
- lock,
- manacle,
- muzzle,
- negativism,
- nuisance value,
- obstruction,
- obstructionism,
- occlusion,
- opposition,
- Oregon boat,
- pillory,
- quarter nelson,
- reins,
- repression,
- resistance,
- restraint,
- restraints,
- restriction,
- retardation,
- retardment,
- scissors,
- setback,
- shackle,
- squeeze,
- stocks,
- straightjacket,
- strait-waistcoat,
- straitjacket,
- stricture,
- suppression,
- tether,
- toehold,
- trammel,
- trammels,
- yoke