throttlehold

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throt·tle·hold

(thrŏt′l-hōld′)

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throttlehold

(ˈθrɒtəlˌhəʊld)

total control over a person or over circumstances; suppression

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stran•gle•hold

(ˈstræŋ gəlˌhoʊld)

n.

1. an illegal wrestling hold by which an opponent's breath is choked off.

2. any force or influence that restricts free actions or development.

[1890–95]

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Noun

throttlehold - complete power over a person or situation; "corporations have a stranglehold on the media"; "the president applied a chokehold to labor disputes that inconvenienced the public"

chokehold, stranglehold

power, powerfulness - possession of controlling influence; "the deterrent power of nuclear weapons"; "the power of his love saved her"; "his powerfulness was concealed by a gentle facade"

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Perhaps the answer lies in the very fact of the post-Minimalist dismantling of the throttlehold of unitary sculpture itself--think Cubism into Constructivism into Minimalism--that is, of all that was incontrovertibly, tangibly high modernist.