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viselike

American  
[vahys-lahyk] / ˈvaɪsˌlaɪk /

adjective

  1. similar to a vise in gripping extremely tightly and firmly.


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Stempel, once dubbed a “high-strung Human Univac” after the 1950s supercomputer, displayed an uncanny intelligence and viselike memory from his earliest years.

From Seattle Times • May 31, 2020

Mr. Stempel, once dubbed a “high-strung Human Univac” after the 1950s supercomputer, displayed an uncanny intelligence and viselike memory from his earliest years.

From Washington Post • May 31, 2020

Many technology companies have structured themselves to give founders a viselike grip.

From The Wall Street Journal • Sep. 6, 2018

As the Libyan fighters push deeper into Surt, the infrastructure of fear that helped the Islamic State exert a viselike grip is being dismantled.

From New York Times • Jun. 29, 2016

Baby Kochamma would call out when she saw him, with a smile on her lips that completely belied the viselike grip that she had on the thin child’s soapslippery arm.

From "The God of Small Things" by Arundhati Roy