Arm
Arm noun - The right or means to command or control others.
Usage example: few criminals manage to permanently escape the long arm of the law
Death grip and arm are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Death grip" instead a noun "Arm".
Death grip
Death grip noun - The right or means to command or control others.
Usage example: the cult leader had such a death grip on his followers that all orders were carried out without the slightest objection
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Additionally, one of his Action Commands has him rip off the enemy's arm and slam their weapon, still clutched in a death grip, into their face.
Source: Grievous Harm with a Body -
They do this by gently approaching his arm with a knife, at which point he takes a death grip on Martin and begs him to "Keep me safe", which freaks out Martin, overbalancing them both into the pool and nearly drowning Martin.
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Death grip and Arm. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 01, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/arm/death_grip
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Death grip or Arm. 2016. Accessed August 01, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/arm/death_grip.
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