Power
Power noun - The right or means to command or control others.
Stranglehold and power are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Stranglehold" instead a noun "Power".
Stranglehold
Stranglehold noun - Complete power over a person or situation.
Usage example: corporations have a stranglehold on the media
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Synonyms for Stranglehold
Nearby Word: strangle
Mutual synonyms
Related pairs
- hold and power
- hold and stranglehold
- control and power
- control and stranglehold
- influence and power
- influence and stranglehold
- command and power
- command and stranglehold
- authority and power
- authority and stranglehold
- dominion and power
- dominion and stranglehold
- grasp and power
- grasp and stranglehold
Both words in one sentence
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He doesn't even believe in God but plots to become Pope because the Vatican's position will give him a stranglehold on power in Europe.
Source: Hiding Behind Religion -
On the one hand, the corporations of the day are said to have "bailed out" failed governments in the 2050s, and gained a stranglehold on power as a result.
Source: Series / Continuum -
This is completely unrelated to the Ba Sing Se Dai Li whose official job description is "Cultural Police"- they couldn't care less about cultural decay, they just want to keep the city out of the hundred-year war raging outside its walls and to maintain their secret stranglehold on power.
Source: Culture Police
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