Chokehold Moderate

Chokehold has 3 different meanings across 1 category:

Definitions

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"

stranglehold chokehold throttlehold

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"

chokehold choke hold

A grappling hold around the neck that cuts off the flow of air to the brain

Example Sentences

"corporations have a stranglehold on the media" noun

"the president applied a chokehold to labor disputes that inconvenienced the public" noun

"he grabbed the woman in a chokehold, demanded her cash and jewelry, and then fled" noun