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Clutches

noun

1.

The act of grasping. Synonyms: clasp, clench, clutch, grasp, grip, hold. "He has a strong grip for an old man" , "She kept a firm hold on the railing"

Clutch

noun

1.

The act of grasping. Synonyms: clasp, clench, clutches, grasp, grip, hold. "He has a strong grip for an old man" , "She kept a firm hold on the railing"

2.

A tense critical situation.

3.

A number of birds hatched at the same time.

4.

A collection of things or persons to be handled together. Synonym: batch.

5.

A woman's strapless purse that is carried in the hand. Synonym: clutch bag.

6.

A pedal or lever that engages or disengages a rotating shaft and a driving mechanism. Synonym: clutch pedal.

7.

A coupling that connects or disconnects driving and driven parts of a driving mechanism.

verb

(past & past part. clutched; pres. part. clutching)

1.

Take hold of; grab. Synonyms: prehend, seize. "She clutched her purse" , "The mother seized her child by the arm" , "Birds of prey often seize small mammals"

2.

Hold firmly, usually with one's hands. Synonyms: cling to, hold close, hold tight.

3.

Affect. Synonyms: get hold of, seize. "The patient was seized with unbearable pains" , "He was seized with a dreadful disease"

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"Clutches" Quotes from Famous Books

... as anybody would, that this was to call for help, and we resolved to continue our siege; for we were all enraged to see ourselves so baulked by a few wild people, whom we thought we had safe in our clutches; and, indeed, never were there so many concurring circumstances to delude men in any case we had met with. We resolved, however, to try another stink-pot the next night, and our engineer and gunner had got it ready, when, ...

— The Life, Adventures & Piracies of the Famous Captain Singleton • Daniel Defoe

... only. But in the fifteenth century the League won by force of arms a small bit of Italian territory about Lake Lugano, and in the sixteenth the powerful city of Bern annexed the Burgundian bishopric of Lausanne and rescued the free city of Geneva from the clutches of the Duke of Savoy. Other Burgundian possessions of Savoy were seized by the canton of Freiburg; and after awhile all these subjects and allies were admitted on equal terms into the confederation. The result is that modern Switzerland is made up of what might seem to be most discordant ...

— American Political Ideas Viewed From The Standpoint Of Universal History • John Fiske

... ugly old Boy! I tell you beware! If you fall in his clutches there's badly you'll fare! Look here at his picture, his claws and his tail, If you make his acquaintance you're sure to bewail! ...

— Garthowen - A Story of a Welsh Homestead • Allen Raine

... inhibition of capitalistic methods. The actual coming of war induces a brief panic in the marketplace, and during this momentary paralysis of private acquisitors the State makes a desperate attempt to subdue their activities to its own needs. By the mere instinct of self-preservation it clutches at some rudiment of Socialism, and makes a diffident gesture in the direction of nationalisation—(of the railways, for instance). But the capitalists of England can point with pride to the fact that they very soon pulled themselves together. ...

— The World in Chains - Some Aspects of War and Trade • John Mavrogordato

... danger of attack by one of these ferocious, manlike beasts was quite sufficient. She no longer believed in the weird soul transmigration that the therns had taught her before she was rescued from their clutches by John Carter; but she well knew the horrid fate that awaited her should one of the terrible beasts chance to spy her during ...

— Thuvia, Maid of Mars • Edgar Rice Burroughs

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