to clamp down on an attempt
1clamp down — verb repress or suppress (something regarded as undesirable) The police clamped down on illegal drugs • Syn: ↑crack down • Derivationally related forms: ↑crackdown (for: ↑crack down), ↑clampdown …
2clamp down — phrasal verb [intransitive] Word forms clamp down : present tense I/you/we/they clamp down he/she/it clamps down present participle clamping down past tense clamped down past participle clamped down to make a determined attempt to stop people… …
3ˌclamp ˈdown — phrasal verb to make a determined attempt to stop people doing something bad or illegal Police are clamping down on local drug dealers.[/ex] …
4clamp — clamp1 [ klæmp ] verb transitive 1. ) clamp to/around/on to put or hold something firmly in position: Jack has always got a cellphone clamped to his ear. a ) to hold two things together using a clamp 2. ) often passive BRITISH to put a piece of… …
5Voltage clamp — The voltage clamp is used by electrophysiologists to measure the ion currents across a neuronal membrane while holding the membrane voltage at a set level. Neuronal membranes contain many different kinds of ion channels, some of which are voltage …
6clampdown — clamp|down [ klæmp,daun ] noun count usually singular a determined attempt by someone in authority to stop people from doing something bad or illegal: clampdown on: a clampdown on smoking …
7Miyuki-chan in Wonderland — The English language cover as published by Tokyopop in North America 不思議の国の美幸ちゃん (Fushigi no Kuni no Miyuki chan) Genre …
8Russia — /rush euh/, n. 1. Also called Russian Empire. Russian, Rossiya. a former empire in E Europe and N and W Asia: overthrown by the Russian Revolution 1917. Cap.: St. Petersburg (1703 1917). 2. See Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. 3. See Russian… …
9List of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles supporting characters — Table of appearances=A table of characters showing their appearances in the nine major incarnations of the TMNT franchise. Ace Duck Ace Duck is a fictional character from the original franchise.Toy LineHis action figure was released in 1989, part …
10Israel — /iz ree euhl, ray /, n. 1. a republic in SW Asia, on the Mediterranean: formed as a Jewish state May 1948. 5,534,672; 7984 sq. mi. (20,679 sq. km). Cap.: Jerusalem. 2. the people traditionally descended from Jacob; the Hebrew or Jewish people. 3 …
