clampdownnoun [ C ]
uk/ˈklæmp.daʊn/us/ˈklæmp.daʊn/a sudden action taken by a government or people in authority to stop or limit a particular activity:
Following the military coup, there has been a clampdown on press reporting in the capital.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Limiting and restricting
- box sb in
- chain
- circumscribe
- clamp down on sth
- clip
- curtail
- damage limitation
- debilitate
- delimit
- delimitation
- hamstring
- hedge
- infringe
- muzzle
- non-proliferation
- qualification
- ration
- rationing
- restrain
- stabilizer
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