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clutching

 
Verb clutch has 3 senses
  1. seize, prehend, clutch - take hold of; grab; "The salesclerk quickly seized the money on the counter"; "She clutched her purse"; "The mother seized her child by the arm"; "Birds of prey often seize small mammals"
    --1 is one way to take, get hold of
    Derived form: noun clutch1
    Sample sentences:
    Somebody ----s something
    Somebody ----s somebody
    Something ----s something
  2. cling to, hold close, hold tight, clutch - hold firmly, usually with one's hands; "She clutched my arm when she got scared"
    --2 is one way to hold, take hold
    Derived form: noun clutch1
    Sample sentences:
    Somebody ----s something
    Somebody ----s somebody
  3. seize, clutch, get hold of - affect; "Fear seized the prisoners"; "The patient was seized with unberable pains"; "He was seized with a dreadful disease"
    --3 is one way to overwhelm, overpower, sweep over, whelm, overcome, overtake
    Derived form: noun clutch2
    Sample sentence:
    Something ----s somebody
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