Meaning & use
clamping
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Fastening or holding something firmly in place, or forcibly restricting or cracking down on something.
See it in a sentence
She clamped the workpiece to the table before drilling.
The government has been clamping down on illegal fishing in the bay.
A note on using this word
"Clamp down (on)" is a common idiom meaning to take strict action to stop an activity.
Words with a similar meaning
fasteninggrippingrestricting
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Words with an opposite meaning
releasingloosening
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