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clenched

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1. clenched - Adjective

2. clenched - Verb

3. clenched - Adjective Satellite

Meaning

closed or squeezed together tightly

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You cannot shake hands with a clenched fist. Indira Gandhi

No man can think clearly when his fists are clenched. George Jean Nathan

We hold each other's lives in our open hands, not in clenched fists. Lloyd Alexander

India wants to avoid a war at all costs but it is not a one-sided affair, you cannot shake hands with a clenched fist. Indira Gandhi

Socialists cry "Power to the people", and raise the clenched fist as they say it. We all know what they really mean-power over people, power to the State. Margaret Thatcher

You can't shake hands with a clenched fist. Greek Proverb

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