Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun An imposing of restrictions or controls.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun sudden restriction on an activity.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A sudden
repressive orpunitive restriction orcontrol
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- verb repress or suppress (something regarded as undesirable)
- noun sudden restriction on an activity
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Examples
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Now that's what you call a clampdown on free expression.
Telegraph.co.uk - Telegraph online, Daily Telegraph and Sunday Telegraph Janet Daley 2011
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I do not have an answer for this problem, except to note that it emphasizes the need for a comprehensive early warning system which will tell the regulator that an early clampdown is needed.
Different Drummers 1991
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The terror attacks did heighten security in the capital, but Norwegian officials have sought to allay fears over more attacks or any longer-term clampdown.
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Other groups fear any long-term clampdown will hurt future adoption efforts.
CBS 2 - KCAL 9 - Los Angeles - Southern California - LA Breaking News, Weather, Traffic, Sports 2010
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Other groups fear any long-term clampdown will hurt future adoption efforts.
cbs4denver.com 2010
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Other groups fear any long-term clampdown will consign countless children to lives in institutions or on the street, rather than in the loving homes of adoptive parents.
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Other groups fear any long-term clampdown will consign countless children to lives in institutions or on the street, rather than in the loving homes of adoptive parents.
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Other groups fear any long-term clampdown will consign countless children to lives in institutions or on the street, rather than in the loving homes of adoptive parents.
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Vitit Muntarbhorn said North Korea's regime stopped small-scale farming and closed local markets last year as part of a long-term clampdown on the agricultural sector.
daytondailynews.com - News ELIANE ENGELER 2010
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Vitit Muntarbhorn said North Korea's regime stopped small-scale farming and closed local markets last year as part of a long-term clampdown on the agricultural sector.
The Seattle Times 2010
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