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The character "扼" is structured with the hand radical "扌" alongside the component "厄", which conveys a sense of confinement or distress, etymologically indicating acts of gripping or constricting. Its meaning extended from physical actions like seizing or choking to metaphorical applications involving control or securing strategic positions, such as in the term "扼守". The traditional form "搤", composed of the hand radical "扌" and the component "益", represents an earlier construction that was subsequently replaced by the more phonetically and semantically explicit "扼".
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请扼要说明你的观点。
谣言扼杀了他的声誉。
军队扼守着重要的关口。
经济危机扼住了公司的发展。
政府采取措施扼制通货膨胀。
他的双手紧紧扼住了对方的喉咙。
贫穷扼杀了许多孩子的梦想。
为了扼守这片战略要地，他们不惜付出任何代价。