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

2 senses of stranglehold

Sense 1
stranglehold, chokehold, throttlehold -- (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")
       => power, powerfulness -- (possession of controlling influence; "the deterrent power of nuclear weapons"; "the power of his love saved her"; "his powerfulness was concealed by a gentle facade")

Sense 2
stranglehold -- (a wrestling hold in which the arms are pressed against the opponent's windpipe)
       => wrestling hold -- (a hold used in the sport of wrestling)