CRACKDOWN

Pronunciation (US):

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Severely repressive actions

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Hypernyms ("crackdown" is a kind of...):

crushing; quelling; stifling; suppression (forceful prevention; putting down by power or authority)

Derivation:

crack down (repress or suppress (something regarded as undesirable))

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