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1
: any of various tools with two jaws for holding work that close usually by a screw, lever, or cam
2
: something likened to a vise
… the economic vise of slow growth and rampant price increases.—
David Milne
David Milne
vised; vising
: to hold, force, or squeeze with or as if with a vise
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Jeff Kingston, Time, 30 Nov. 2025
Directed by the Austrian pair Veronika Franz and Severin Fiala, The Lodge is a slow-burn genre exercise that exerts the pressure of a steel vise.
—Emma Specter, Vogue, 19 Oct. 2025
Taylor Seely, AZCentral.com, 8 July 2025
McDonald’s left leg was vised between two plates of armored steel.
—Ben Bolch, Los Angeles Times, 10 Nov. 2023
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Noun
Beyond shrill denunciations, this time around China has tightened the economic vise, discouraging travel to Japan and reimposing a ban on seafood imports.
—Jeff Kingston, Time, 30 Nov. 2025
Directed by the Austrian pair Veronika Franz and Severin Fiala, The Lodge is a slow-burn genre exercise that exerts the pressure of a steel vise.
—Emma Specter, Vogue, 19 Oct. 2025
Verb
In Tempe's case, that means the city will have greater flexibility to enact regulations if the judge isn't convinced the picnics are protected expression, and vise versa.
—Taylor Seely, AZCentral.com, 8 July 2025
McDonald’s left leg was vised between two plates of armored steel.
—Ben Bolch, Los Angeles Times, 10 Nov. 2023
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“Vise.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/vise. Accessed 8 Dec. 2025.
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