stronghold, strangle, strangulate, stranglehold, snap sth up, chokehold, gag ruke, destabilize

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Pilotless Planes, Pacific Tensions
By RICHARD PARKER

How the new era of superdrones could destabilize East Asia.

A trove of ancient manuscripts in Hebrew characters rescued from caves in a Taliban stronghold in northern Afghanistan is providing the first physical evidence of a Jewish community that thrived there a thousand years ago.
從阿富汗北部神學士根據地洞穴中所搶救出來的一批以希伯來文字寫成的古代手稿收藏品，首度提供了千年前曾有猶太人在當地生活的具體實證。


Al Qaeda in Yemen Worries the West

Arab and Western officials worry that al Qaeda is securing a stronghold in Yemen, where the terror group has been able to destabilize neighbors in East Africa and the Mideast.

Sri Lankan army: Troops take key rebel stronghold


Obama Rescinds Global Gag Rule

The Mexico City Policy, implemented in 1984, put a choke hold on NGOs
trying to give advice on sexual health and abortion around the world.
US President Barrack Obama has opposed the rule, and overturning it could
have a far reaching impact on women everywhere.

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The Microsoft chief executive follows the Google founders at the ...
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Microsoft's ambition to break Google's stranglehold on the digital advertising market, its audacious bid to snap up Yahoo for $47.5bn (£23.9bn) the most ...

stronghold
n.

1. A fortified place or a fortress.
2. 1. A place of survival or refuge: one of the last strongholds of an age-old tradition.
   2. An area dominated or occupied by a special group or distinguished by a special quality: a feminist stronghold; a stronghold of democracy.

1 ((古風))とりで, 要塞(ようさい)；安全な場所.

2 最後のよりどころ；本拠地.stronghold：名詞，指堡壘、大本營、據點，如The rebels retreated to their mountain stronghold.（反抗軍撤回到山上的大本營。）


chokehold

A restraining move in which one person seizes another around the neck in a tight grip, typically from behind.

Wikipedia: Chokehold

The lateral vascular neck restraint is a very potent chokehold.

For the punk band, see Chokehold (band).

"Stranglehold" redirects here. For other uses, see Stranglehold (disambiguation).

A chokehold or stranglehold¹ is a grappling hold that strangles the opponent, and leads to unconsciousness or even death.

stranglehold Show phonetics
noun [C usually singular] DISAPPROVING
a position of complete control that prevents something from developing:
The two major companies have been tightening their stranglehold on the beer market.

snap sth up phrasal verb [M] INFORMAL
to buy or get something quickly and enthusiastically because it is cheap or exactly what you want:
The tickets for the concert were snapped up within three hours of going on sale.
The fall in property prices means that there are a lot of bargains waiting to be snapped up.

gag rule
n.
A rule, as in a legislative body, limiting discussion or debate on an issue. Also called gag law.



 stran•gu•late
v., -lat•ed, -lat•ing, -lates.
v.tr.
1.      To strangle.
2.      Pathology. To compress, constrict, or obstruct (an organ, duct, or
other body part) so as to cut off the flow of blood or other fluid:
strangulate an intestinal hernia.
v.intr.
To be or become strangled, compressed, constricted, or obstructed.
[Latin strangulāre, strangulāt-. See strangle.]

v. tr. - 箝制血液的流行, 勒殺, 壓縮
v. intr. - 窒息
日本語 (Japanese) ━━ vt. 絞め殺す; 【医】（血管などを）くくる, 括約する.
━━ vi. 括約する［感がある］.

【括約肌】 解釋 一種環狀肌。位於賁門、幽門及肛門，能收縮和舒張，為控制食物通

過或排泄物排出的關卡。かつやくきん　括約筋  【解】a
constrictor; a sphincter.

strangulation

音節

stràn • gu • lá • tion

[名][U]絞殺；《医学》嵌頓(かんとん).

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Definition of destabilize

verb

[with object]

• upset the stability of; cause unrest in:the discovery of an affair can destabilize a relationship

Derivatives

destabilization

Pronunciation: /-ˈzeɪʃ(ə)n/

noun