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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
clampdown
noun
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▪ A massive security clampdown aimed at restoring order resulted in major bloodshed, particularly in the capital, Baku.
▪ Black opposition leaders are arrested, a press clampdown begins and resistance is strangled.
▪ Human rights observers said it was the most swingeing clampdown that the world had known on the free use of cyberspace.
▪ If the military were to seize power under Bourbollon, the clampdown would be fierce.
▪ In mid-1990, martial law was formally lifted but the security clampdown remains currently in force.
The Collaborative International Dictionary
clampdown

clampdown \clampdown\ n. sudden restriction on an activity.

Wiktionary
clampdown

alt. A sudden repressive or punitive restriction or control n. A sudden repressive or punitive restriction or control

WordNet
clampdown

n. sudden restriction on an activity

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Clampdown

"Clampdown" is a single and a song by The Clash from their album London Calling. The song began as an instrumental track called "Working and Waiting". It is sometimes called "Working for the Clampdown" which is the main lyric of the song, and also the title provided on the album's lyric sheet. Its lyrics comment on people who forsake the idealism of youth and urges young people to fight the status quo.

In 1980 "Clampdown" was released as a single backed with " The Guns of Brixton" in Australia. The single was not released in any other territories, with the exception of US promos.

Usage examples of "clampdown".

She got in a little closer, adjusted the position of the table slightly, and undid the four clampdown fasteners that held on the back of Kaelor’s head, and carefully lifted the backplate off.

A recent upsurge of global terrorism and the subsequent wave of paranoia and security clampdowns had made things worse yet.

Joseph authorised vicious reprisals and clampdowns, but as fast as rebellion was slapped down in one place, it sprang up in another.