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• n  the act of grasping
• n  the act of grasping
• n  a tense critical situation
• n  a number of birds hatched at the same time
• n  a collection of things or persons to be handled together
• n  a woman's strapless purse that is carried in the hand
• n  a pedal or lever that engages or disengages a rotating shaft and a driving mechanism
• n  a coupling that connects or disconnects driving and driven parts of a driving mechanism
• v  take hold of; grab
• v  hold firmly, usually with one's hands
• v  affect

• clasp
• clench
• clutch
• grasp
• grip
• hold
• batch
• clutch bag
• clutch pedal
• seize
• prehend
• cling to
• hold close
• hold tight
• get hold of

News & Articles

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• NFL Bans Bags at Games
  Except for tiny clutches, Ziploc bags
  June 17, 2013 - 1180 WHAM
• HERO CENTRAL: Calvary Women's Services Turns Lives Around
  Food, water and shelter are the basic items needed when women pull away from the clutches of homelessness.
  June 17, 2013 - WUSA 9 Washington, D.C.
• No way out: Julian Assange marks one year inside Ecuadorian embassy in UK
  Julian Assange has been holed up in the Ecuadorian embassy in central London for a year this week, with no obvious way out for the Australian-born WikiLeaks founder as he seeks to avoid the clutches of the Swedish and US authorities.
  June 17, 2013 - Digital Trends

Quotes

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• Benazir Bhutto in Guardian Unlimited
  To get Pakistan from the clutches of dictatorship, we are organizing a long march,Bhutto told around 100 journalists protesting the new media clampdown, which would impose jail time for those who criticize Musharraf or the army. "I request...
• Mahinda Rajapakse in Earthtimes.org
  President Rajapaksa said he was paying tribute to the armed forces, the police and the elite commando unit known as the Special Task Force who took part in the "humanitarian exercise to free the people of the east from the clutches of terrorism."
• Thabo Mbeki in Scotland on Sunday
  Mbeki said the summit should work to ensure that Africa's "masses escape from the clutches of poverty".