chokehold

Or choke hold

[chohk-hohld]

noun

1. a restraining hold in which one person encircles the neck of another in a viselike grip with the arm, usually approaching from behind.

   The suspect was put in a chokehold and was gasping for breath.

2. a stifling grip; stranglehold.

   a company that once had a chokehold over the PC market.

chokehold

/ ˈtʃəʊkˌhəʊld /

noun

1. the act of holding a person's neck across the windpipe, esp from behind using one arm

2. complete power or control

   the chokehold the mob has had on the town

Example Sentences

Three other industries where China has a chokehold—lithium-ion batteries, mature chips and pharmaceutical ingredients—give an idea of what the U.S. would need to do to free itself fully from vulnerability.

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Breaking Beijing’s chokehold on rare-earth supply chains requires resolving three bottlenecks: the concentration of heavy rare-earth feedstock in Myanmar and China; catching up in rare-earth processing; and rapidly scaling permanent magnet production.

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“China has a lock on rare earth elements and the high-tech magnets made from them, and there is no easy way to break its chokehold.”

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The reserve is designed to help relax China's chokehold on global critical minerals production, which it has been accused of leveraging to pressure trade partners.

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On Wednesday, Bessent and Greer described China’s new export restriction regime as trying to put a chokehold on the global supply chain of critical minerals that go into everything from laptops to defense equipment.

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