stranglehold

ˈstræŋɡəlˌhoʊld
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Translation of stranglehold into Hebrew

Noun

1.

dominance

complete control over a person or situation
אֲחִיזָה חוֹנֶקֶת שְׁלִיטָה מוּחְלֶטֶת
  • The company has a stranglehold on the market.לחברה יש אחיזה חונקת בשוק.
2.

physical grip

Rare
tight grip around someone's neck
Rare
חֲנִיקָה fkhanikaאֲחִיזַת חֲנִיקָה
  • The attacker had a stranglehold on the victim.התוקף אחז בקורבן באחיזת חניקה.
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Expressions with stranglehold: examples in English and translations in Hebrew

אֲחִיזַת חֶנֶק
The company has a stranglehold on the market.
לִשְׁלוֹט שְׁלִיטָה הֲדוּקָה בְּ
They have a stranglehold on the political scene.
אֲחִיזָה חוֹנֶקֶת
The company has a Japanese stranglehold on the market.

Images of stranglehold

  • stranglehold: tight grip around someone's neck
    (physical grip) חֲנִיקָה

Synonyms and analogies of stranglehold in English

Examples of stranglehold in a sentence

  • Their stranglehold over the negotiations was evident.
  • He managed to break free from the stranglehold.
  • The wrestler applied a stranglehold on his opponent.

Translations of "stranglehold" in Context ordered by category and frequency

Noun
אֲחִיזַת חֶנֶקnf. - akhizat kheneq

Now he's going for the stranglehold.

עכשיו הוא הולך על אחיזת חנק.

אֲחִיזַת הַחֶנֶק - akhizat hakheneq

The stranglehold of the gun lobby is clearly being broken.

ברור שאחיזת החנק של שדולת הנשק נשברת.

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Other translations for stranglehold:

  • הָאֲחִיזָה הַחוֹנֶקֶת

stranglehold: Examples and translations in context

Albizzi has the government in stranglehold.

משפחת אלביצי יש לממשלה באחיזת חנק.

Albizzi has the government in stranglehold.

אלביצי מחזיק את הממשל באחיזת חנק.

I did not want him to raise an alarm, so I kept him in a stranglehold.

לא רציתי שהוא יגרום למהומה, אז אחזתי בו באחיזת חנק.

He needed to know that the blood running through his veins didn't have an unknown stranglehold over him that would turn his life upside down when he least expected it.

הוא היה צריך לדעת שלדם שזורם בעורקיו אין עליו אחיזת חנק עלומה שתהפוך את חייו על פיהם ברגע הכי פחות צפוי.

The coalition and the opposition could finally break the exasperating stranglehold of the extremist rabbinate and reinstate a moderate rabbinical leadership that will pursue national objectives.

הקואליציה והאופוזיציה יכולות לשחרר לבסוף את אחיזת החנק המייגעת של הרבנות הקיצונית ולהשיב על כנה הנהגה רבנית מתונה שתרדוף אחר המטרות הלאומיות.

The moment you have all been waiting for is here: the end of the stranglehold of the dark upon your world and your lives!

הרגע אשר כולכם חיכיתם לו כאן: סופה של אחיזת החנק של האופל על עולמכם ועל חייכם!

My feeling is that DJK subdued them first, and I doubt it was using some kind of stranglehold, that would've left bruises.

יש לי תחושה שרוצח הזוגות סימם אותם קודם, והוא לא השתמש באחיזת חנק כי היא הייתה משאירה סימנים.

The haredim are also delighted because Lieberman, in his thirst for power, had no problem in suspending his passionate commitment to introduce reforms in the religious arena and break the stranglehold of the ultra-orthodox in relation to conversion, marriage and the draft.

החרדים צוהלים גם הם משום שלליברמן, בצימאונו לכוח, לא הייתה בעיה להשהות את המסירות הלהוטה שלו להצגת רפורמות בזירה הדתית ולשחרר את אחיזת החנק של החרדים בכל הקשור לגיור, נישואים והגיוס לצבא.

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