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- Dictionarychokehold/ˈtʃəʊkhəʊld/
noun
- 1. a tight grip round a person's neck, used to restrain them by restricting their breathing: "he had me in a chokehold"
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A chokehold, choke, stranglehold or, in Judo, shime-waza is a general term for a grappling hold that critically reduces or prevents either air (choking) or blood (strangling) from passing through the neck of an opponent. The restriction may be of one or both and depends on the hold used and the reaction of the victim. While the time it takes for the choke to render an opponent unconscious varies d... Wikipedia