clampdown in English

noun
1
a severe or concerted attempt to suppress something.
a clampdown on crime

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1. The Clampdown

2. They ought to back the new clampdown.

3. The government has decided to have a clampdown on building roads.

4. There are signs that a clampdown is coming.

5. The new administration has promised a clampdown on corruption.

6. The governor has ordered a clampdown on illegal immigration.

7. Police say the clampdown on drink-driving has been highly successful.

8. If the military were to seize power under Bourbollon, the clampdown would be fierce.

9. As part of the clampdown, Protestant civil rights were progressively removed.

10. Opposition groups see the bannings as the latest stage of a government clampdown.

11. Black opposition leaders are arrested, a press clampdown begins and resistance is strangled.

12. Tourism a pillar of the Tibetan economy, has been devastated by the clampdown.

13. A savage clampdown on the US consumer might have thrown the world into recession.

14. 4 A police clampdown on car thieves hit a snag when villains stole one of their cars.

15. Following the military coup, there has been a clampdown on press reporting in the capital.

16. In mid-19 martial law was formally lifted but the security clampdown remains currently in force.

17. Police efforts to thwart a feared attack triggered a disruptive , security clampdown across the country.

18. If anything, it could create a clampdown on democratic tendencies by regimes in neighbouring countries.

19. A tight clampdown on media coverage makes it difficult to gauge whether the clashes are the start of a bigger revolt or just a fleeting show of dissent.

20. The new policy is a stunning corporate clampdown on the kind of provocative and even inflammatory talk that has long driven the business model for Cumulus and other talk show broadcasters.