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

1 sense of crackdown

Sense 1
crackdown -- (severely repressive actions)
       => suppression, crushing, quelling, stifling -- (forceful prevention; putting down by power or authority; "the suppression of heresy"; "the quelling of the rebellion"; "the stifling of all dissent")

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

1 sense of crack 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")