deathlock
The English word “deathlock” has 5 meanings listed here.
noun
- A certain wrestling move that traps the opponent's leg.
- A close struggle between two opponents in which each tries to kill the other.
- A struggle to destroy a force or principle to which one is opposed, or between two mutually incompatible principles.
- Rigor mortis, or a physical grip that is similarly inflexible and unyielding.
- A similarly tight hold on something nonphysical.
Etymology
From death + lock.
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