Synonyms of choke hold

choke hold

noun

as in sway

Synonyms & Similar Words

• sway
• clutch
• control
• arm
• mastery
• hold
• takeover
• grip
• management
• command
• lordship
• scepter
• authority
• jurisdiction
• primacy
• superiority
• reign
• ascendency
• pull
• predominance
• ascendancy
• dominion
• dominance
• might
• domination
• predominancy
• sovranty
• direction
• importance
• hegemony
• privilege
• supremacy
• clout
• ascendance
• ascendence
• prerogative
• preeminence
• right
• moment
• sovereignty
• imperium
• eminence
• weight

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• weakness
• helplessness
• impotence
• powerlessness
• impotency

Examples of choke hold in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

The emotional Warriors forward also had previously served a five-game suspension in November for putting a choke hold on Minnesota big man Rudy Gobert. —Janie McCauley, USA TODAY, 7 Jan. 2024

Its participants are a very tiny, skewed slice of humanity that has American journalism in a choke hold. —Jill Lepore, The New Yorker, 11 Sep. 2023

Ex-Marine Daniel Penny held Neely in a choke hold for 15 minutes on May 1, until Neely suffocated to death. —Tori Otten, The New Republic, 10 May 2023

Last week, Democrats in the House of Representatives announced the Justice in Policing Act, which would ban choke holds, mandate body cameras, and establish a national registry of police misconduct. —Jeannie Suk Gersen, The New Yorker, 8 Aug. 2023