The CSU political party now has a stranglehold on Bavaria, after having won every seat in the region during the last election.
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Stranglehold
Synonyms for "stranglehold" (105 found)
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12 translations across 9 languages.
Bulgarian
1 entries- задушаване noun (grip or control so strong as to stifle or cut off)
Dutch
1 entries- verwurging noun (grip or control so strong as to stifle or cut off)
Faroese
1 entries- kvørkratak noun (grip or control so strong as to stifle or cut off)
German
1 entries- Würgegriff noun (grip or control so strong as to stifle or cut off)
Italian
2 entries- morsa noun (grip or control so strong as to stifle or cut off)
- stretta noun (grip or control so strong as to stifle or cut off)
Polish
1 entries- duszenie noun (grip or control so strong as to stifle or cut off)
Russian
1 entries- мёртвая хватка noun (grip or control so strong as to stifle or cut off)
Spanish
1 entries- dominio noun (grip or control so strong as to stifle or cut off)
Swedish
3 entries- järngrepp noun (grip or control so strong as to stifle or cut off)
- strypgrepp noun (grip or control so strong as to stifle or cut off)
- stryptag noun (grip or control so strong as to stifle or cut off)
Sample sentences
6 total sentences available.
I'd want a girlfriend who can pull off a stranglehold.
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For years the company had a stranglehold on the rest of the industry.
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Numerous witnesses had come forward at that time to state that they had watched Kelly tackle Symaco and pin her on the floor in a strangle-hold until investigating officers arrived to pry him loose.
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