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clampdown

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clamp·down  (klmpdoun)
n.
An imposing of restrictions or controls: "Advertisers and broadcasters would raise howls of protest against any strong clampdown" (Wall Street Journal).
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.clampdown - sudden restriction on an activity
restriction, limitation - an act of limiting or restricting (as by regulation)
Translations
clampdown [ˈklæmpdaʊn] Nrestricción f (on de) → prohibición f (on en)
clampdown [ˈklæmpdaʊn] n
there has been a clampdown on ... → une action ferme a été lancée contre ...
clampdown
nSchlag m(on gegen); he ordered a clampdown on the porn merchantser hat dafür gesorgt, dass es den Pornohändlern an den Kragen ging (inf); the clampdown has made tax evasion almost impossibledas harte Durchgreifen hat Steuerhinterziehung fast unmöglich gemacht
clampdown [ˈklæmpˌdaʊn] nstretta
a clampdown on sth/sb → un giro di vite a qc/qn
clampdown [ˈklæmpˌdaʊn] nstretta
a clampdown on sth/sb → un giro di vite a qc/qn


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The clampdown on media and public displays of opposition to the president tightened last year with the assassination of Lebanese Prime Minister Rafik Hariri and a subsequent United Nations probe that suggested Syria was to blame.
Although such a severe clampdown on who gets to change data is likely to take effort, especially at an institution used to having every department able to do input, the tactic can reduce the need for intense strategies to reduce duplication.
Central Asia saw the worst of Uighur separatist tendencies: riots in Yili, Xinjiang, a city with a history of uprisings, in 1997, were in response to a severe Chinese clampdown on separatist activity called the Strike Hard (yanda) Campaign.
 
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