Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun clamp_down

1 sense of clampdown

Sense 1
clampdown -- (sudden restriction on an activity)
       => limitation, restriction -- (an act of limiting or restricting (as by regulation))

Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb clamp_down

1 sense of clamp down

Sense 1
clamp down, crack down -- (repress or suppress (something regarded as undesirable); "The police clamped down on illegal drugs")
       => restrict, restrain, trammel, limit, bound, confine, throttle -- (place limits on (extent or access); "restrict the use of this parking lot"; "limit the time you can spend with your friends")