CLAMPDOWN

Pronunciation (US):

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Sudden restriction on an activity

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Hypernyms ("clampdown" is a kind of...):

limitation; restriction (an act of limiting or restricting (as by regulation))

Derivation:

clamp down (repress or suppress (something regarded as undesirable))

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