crackdown
crack‧down /ˈkrækdaʊn/ noun [countable usually singular]
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Synonyms & Related Wordscrackdown(Slang)[noun]Synonyms: suppression, clampdown, crushing, repression
Related Idioms: lowering the boom
Related Words: quashing [TahlilGaran] English Synonym Dictionary ▲
English Dictionarycrack‧down /ˈkrækdaʊn/
noun [countable usually singular] action that is taken to deal more strictly with crime, a problem, protests etc
crackdown on/against
a military crackdown on pro-democracy demonstrations the government’s crackdown against drugs ⇒
crack down at
crack1 [TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲
Collocationscrackdown noun ADJ. bloody, violent | army, government, military, police VERB + CRACKDOWN promise, threaten | call for, demand, order The government has ordered a crackdown on truancy.
have, launch, mount PREP. ~ on They're having a crackdown on private phone calls from the office. [TahlilGaran] Collocations Dictionary ▲