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clamping down (on)verbpresent participle of clamp down (on) to put a stop to (something) by the use of forcethe need to clamp down on petty crime in the city cracking down (on), crushing, putting down, quashing, quelling, repressing, silencing, slapping down, snuffing (out), squashing, squelching, subduing, suppressing dousing(also dowsing), extinguishing, putting out, quenchingsmothering, stifling, strangling, throttlingannihilating, decimating, demolishing, desolating, destroying, devastating, nuking, rubbing out, ruining, smashing, wasting, wreckingexterminating, obliterating, wiping outconquering, dominating, overcoming, overpowering, overwhelming, subduing, subjugating, vanquishing sitting on abetting, aiding, assisting, backing, helping, propping up, supportingfomenting, inciting, instigating, provoking, stirring, whipping (up)advancing, cultivating, encouraging, forwarding, fostering, furthering, nourishing, nurturing, promoting |