The definition of 'chokeholds' & the word 'chokeholds' in example sentences or phrases
Noun
1
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
2
a restraining hold; someone loops the arm around the neck of another person in a tight grip, usually from behind
- he grabbed the woman in a chokehold, demanded her cash and jewelry, and then fled
Synonyms of the word 'chokeholds' & Antonyms of the word 'chokeholds'.
Noun
Synonymschokehold, stranglehold, throttlehold, choke hold, chokehold,
