tightening synonyms

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bind

between a rock and a hard place
crunch
difficulty
dilemma
hot water
no-win situation
nuisance
pickle
predicament
quandary
sticky situation

clench

clamp
clasp
clinch
clutch
constrict
contract
double up
draw together
grapple
grip
hold

abutting
across the street
adjacent
adjoining
approaching
around the corner
at hand
contiguous
convenient
give or take a little
handy

compress

abbreviate
abridge
abstract
bind
boil down
coagulate
concentrate
consolidate
constrict
contract
cram

condense

abbreviate
blue pencil
boil down
chop
coagulate
compact
compress
concentrate
constrict
contract
curtail

congeal

cake
clabber
clot
concrete
condense
curdle
dry
freeze
gel
gelate
gelatinate

contract

arrangement
bargain
bond
commission
commitment
compact
concordat
convention
covenant
deposition
dicker

cramp

ache
charley horse
circumscription
confinement
constipation
contraction
convulsion
crick
hindrance
impediment
kink

crush

drove
gathering
horde
huddle
jam
multitude
party
press
push
throng
tumult

fasten

adhere
affix
anchor
attach
band
bar
batten
belt
bind
bolt
bond

fix

box
corner
dilemma
embarrassment
hole
hot water
jam
mess
pickle
plight
predicament

grip

anchor
brace
catch
cinch
cincture
clamp
clamping
clench
clinch
clutch
coercion

harden

amalgamate
anneal
bake
brace
buttress
cake
calcify
callous
cement
close
clot

narrow

attenuated
circumscribed
close
compressed
confining
constricted
contracted
cramped
definite
determinate
exclusive

pinch

compression
confinement
contraction
cramp
grasp
grasping
hurt
limitation
nip
nipping
pressure

pressure

burden
compressing
compression
crushing
encumbrance
heaviness
load
mass
shear
squeeze
squeezing

rigidify

affix
anchor
attach
bind
catch
cement
congeal
connect
consolidate
couple
embed

screw

spiral
tighten
turn
twine
wind
work

secure

defended
guarded
immune
impregnable
out of harm's way
protected
riskless
sheltered
shielded
unassailable
undamaged

squeeze

clasp
clutch
congestion
crowd
crunch
crush
embrace
force
handclasp
hold
hug

stiffen

anneal
benumb
brace
cake
candy
cement
chill
clot
coagulate
condense
congeal

strain

ache
anxiety
bruise
brunt
burden
constriction
effort
endeavor
exertion
force
injury

strangle

asphyxiate
gag
garrote/garrotte
inhibit
kill
muffle
quelch
repress
restrain
shush
smother

stretch

amplitude
area
branch
breadth
bridge
compass
dimension
distance
expansion
extension
extent

tauten

constrict
force
go rigid
stiffen
straighten
strain
tighten

tense

close
firm
rigid
stiff
strained
taut

toughen

acclimate
acclimatize
anneal
brutalize
climatize
develop
inure
make difficult
season
strengthen
temper

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