Synonyms for clamp
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1. clamp, clinchverb

   a device (generally used by carpenters) that holds things firmly together

   Synonyms:
   hug, clench, clinch, squeeze

2. clampverb

   fasten or fix with a clamp

   "clamp the chair together until the glue has hardened"

3. clampverb

   impose or inflict forcefully

   "The military government clamped a curfew onto the capital"

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1. • Fix
   • Inflict

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1. List of paraphrases for "clamp":

   band, clamps, clip, strap, tie, pincer, bracket, pliers, claw, brace, mounting, pinch

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1. Steven Howard:

   The thing begins to fire, and it begins to jump and buck all over the place, your first human instinct is for your hands to clamp down, and you clamp down on the trigger, and if the thing has a 32-round magazine ... it starts spraying all over and people get killed.

2. Deepti Gurdasani:

   We need to refocus our entire strategy on reducing transmission, all countries need to have long term focus on masks and ventilation,( and to) clamp down on outbreaks as they occur.

3. Maria Shagina:

   The more they clamp down on demonstrations, the more I understand that they're worried about unemployment.

4. Stoessel Chagas:

   The little leaks from these platforms are constant due to the lack of maintenance, we joke that there is more clamp than pipeline.

5. Nicholas Holt:

   We believe there needs to be more attention paid to this, there needs to be more efforts to clamp down on the bad faith trademarks.