stranglehold

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stranglehold

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From strangle + hold.

noun strangleholds

A grip or control so strong as to stifle or cut off. For years the company had a stranglehold on the rest of the industry.
Similar: chokehold, throttlehold

verb strangleholds · strangleholding · strangleheld

transitive To hold a tight grip or control. "She does not hold a partner; she strangleholds him. As soon as a man realizes how tightly she holds on, he leaves her."
Similar: clasp, grasp, grip

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noun grip or control so strong as to stifle or cut off

Español	dominio
Deutsch	Würgegriff
Italiano	stretta, morsa
Русский	мёртвая хватка mjórtvaja xvatka

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@misc{stranglehold_2026,
  title = {stranglehold},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/stranglehold},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}