Definitions for death grip
death grip

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1. death gripnoun

   An extremely tight grip.

2. death gripnoun

   A perilous situation or stalemate where failure or death is imminent.

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1. Death grip

   A death grip is an extremely tight grip, such as that exerted by people in a panic for fear for their life. This was commonly thought to be a risk when rescuing drowning people—that they would cling to their rescuer with a death grip which would cause them both to perish. Investigation showed that this did not actually happen in practice and so breaking a death grip is no longer emphasised in lifesaving. The actual behaviour of drowning people is more passive as they lack the oxygen to take violent action and an instinctive paddling reflex occurs. An untrained individual should not approach anyone in a state of panic and who represents a danger to the rescuer and it is advised to wait until it is safe to attempt to rescue and resuscitate them.

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1. Death grip

   A death grip is an extremely tight grip, such as that exerted by a person in a panic for fear for their life. This was commonly thought to be a risk when rescuing a drowning person — that they would cling to their rescuer with a death grip which would cause them both to perish. Investigation showed that this did not actually happen in practice and so breaking a death grip is no longer emphasised in lifesaving. The actual behaviour of a drowning person is more passive as they lack the oxygen to take violent action and an instinctive paddling reflex occurs. The grip can also be lethal to living things.

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1. death grip

   Read the full text of the Death Grip poem by Kurt Philip Behm on the Poetry.com website.

Anagrams for death grip »

1. heptagrid

How to pronounce death grip?

1. Alex

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   Mark

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   Daniel

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   Libby

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   Mia

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   Karen

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of death grip in Chaldean Numerology is: 6

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of death grip in Pythagorean Numerology is: 7

Examples of death grip in a Sentence

1. Alyssa Farah:

   That is 100 % of the calculation, what is the death grip on Republican Party right now is the idea of Donald Trump running again in 2024, and people not wanting to risk losing their stature with him.

2. Michael Waldorf:

   He's a big guy, he was not letting go. He had a death grip on her. And he was not letting go, i saw it as an emergency. She needed our help and she needed it right away.

3. Michael Waldorf:

   It was a big guy, Asian Americans was not letting go. Asian Americans had a death grip on her and Asian Americans was not letting go, i felt like it was an emergency. I felt like Asian Americans could really do damage, you know, that -- if we don't get Asian Americans off of her right away, Asian Americans could do some damage.

References

1. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Death_Grip
2. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Death_Grip
3. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=death grip