Translations for „chokehold“ in the English » German Dictionary

ˈchoke·hold N

chokehold (grip)

Würgegriff m

chokehold dated (device)

Halsfessel f

chokehold fig

eiserner Griff

Monolingual examples (not verified by PONS Editors)

English

His second wife claimed that he had placed her in a chokehold.

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He now hangs heavily over everything related to the organisation, every cough, spit and chokehold.

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The steroids issue doesn't affect my reasoning, although it will certainly put a chokehold on his candidacy when he comes up for election.

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But combating the corporate chokehold on the ideological leanings of nominees may prove an even more difficult challenge.

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There were five or six officers on him when the chokehold was applied...

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The transformation begins by helicopter-spraying the chokehold of crack willows.

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With the bill putting the promotion in a proverbial chokehold, the outlook for the future of the promotion seemed bleak.

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Later, he applies a chokehold to incapacitate the aggressor shortly before police arrive.

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The resultant limited ability of the opponent to gain breath during the body lock compounds the effectiveness of the chokehold significantly, making this the ideal attack.

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They put a chokehold on the senator, but to no avail.

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