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throttlehold

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throt·tle·hold  (thrtl-hld)
n.
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Noun1.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"
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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According to a statement released by the ISPR, security forces have killed at least 45 more extremists in the South Waziristan Agency, supposedly a Taliban throttlehold region.
 
 
 
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