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straitjacket

DEFINITIONS OF: straitjacket

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n a garment similar to a jacket that is used to bind the arms tightly against the body as a means of restraining a violent person

Synonyms:
straightjacket
Type of:
garment
an article of clothing

n anything immaterial that severely hinders or confines

“they defected because Russian dance was in a straitjacket
“the government is operating in an economic straitjacket
Type of:
balk, baulk, check, deterrent, handicap, hinderance, hindrance, impediment
something immaterial that interferes with or delays action or progress
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