Definitions for clampdown

clampdown clamp·down

Spelling: [klamp-doun]
IPA: /ˈklæmpˌdaʊn/

Clampdown is a 9 letter English word. It's valid Words with friends word worth 24 points.

You can make 365 anagrams from letters in clampdown (acdlmnopw).

Definitions for clampdown

noun

  1. crackdown.

Origin of clampdown

First recorded in 1935-40; noun use of verb phrase clamp down

Examples for clampdown

The clampdown on media has also raised red flags among rights activists in the country.

Critical journalists continue to languish in prison and inside the courtrooms the breadth of the clampdown is on full display.

There is no doubt that meth is destructive, and a clampdown is justified.

Since Francis seemed to be the polar opposite, they had every reason to hope the clampdown would be lifted.

The current clampdown is the heaviest in Tibetan communities since March 2008.

Yet at the same time officials have imposed “a clampdown on information” on those who are critical of the government.

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