noun
clampdown
Clampdown (noun) means a sudden, strict move to control or restrict something.
noun
1
A sudden, strict move to control or restrict something.
"The suspension of the writ of habeas corpus is merely one step towards the imposition of martial law, toward a total clampdown on all forms of peaceful struggle for meaningful change."
— Earl Browder, Political Affairs (1945)
"There is already in the EU a clamour for barriers against competing products from Eastern Europe and Asia, and for a Europe-wide clampdown on 'aliens'."
— Vincent Cable, The World's New Fissures: Identities in Crisis (1994)
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Etymology
A deverbal noun formed from clamp down.
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What is the meaning of clampdown?
"clampdown" (noun) means a sudden, strict move to control or restrict something.
