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CRACKDOWN
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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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