choke off
verb
choked off; choking off; chokes off
: to bring to a stop or to an end as if by choking
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Even Amazon will feel the impact of a 145 percent tariff on Chinese goods, which promises to shortly choke off trade between the world’s two largest economies.
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Evan Clark, Footwear News, 1 May 2025
Earlier this month, the Chinese government escalated things even further, subjecting seven rare earth elements to a more comprehensive export licensing program that covers the whole world and is designed to further choke off American companies.
—ArsTechnica, 24 Apr. 2025
Will the states respond by choking off all charter school development?
—Peter Greene, Forbes.com, 22 Apr. 2025
The threatened defunding, if implemented, would choke off science and research across all of them.
—Atul Gawande, New Yorker, 21 Apr. 2025
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Evan Clark, Footwear News, 1 May 2025
Earlier this month, the Chinese government escalated things even further, subjecting seven rare earth elements to a more comprehensive export licensing program that covers the whole world and is designed to further choke off American companies.
—ArsTechnica, 24 Apr. 2025
Will the states respond by choking off all charter school development?
—Peter Greene, Forbes.com, 22 Apr. 2025
The threatened defunding, if implemented, would choke off science and research across all of them.
—Atul Gawande, New Yorker, 21 Apr. 2025
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“Choke off.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/choke%20off. Accessed 6 May. 2025.
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