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Clampdown

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Noun
  1. 1
    A sudden repressive or punitive restriction or control.

    "The suspension of the writ of habeas corpus is merely one step towards the imposition of martial law, toward a total clampdown on all forms of peaceful struggle for meaningful change."

  2. 2
    sudden restriction on an activity wordnet

Etymology

Deverbal from clamp down.

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