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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The roadblocks and mass vigils have choked off major cities and disrupted food and fuel supplies, exacerbating the country’s rolling economic crisis.
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Carlos Valdez and Isabel Debre, Los Angeles Times, 27 Oct. 2024
India has surged to become the second-biggest supplier of restricted critical technologies to Russia, US and European officials said, highlighting the challenge in efforts to choke off exports fueling President Vladimir Putin’s war machine.
—Jason Ma, Fortune, 12 Oct. 2024
Sanctions designed to choke off Russian oil exports, for instance, would increase energy prices, at least in the short term.
—Edward Fishman, Foreign Affairs, 28 Feb. 2022
But rulings by the U.S. Supreme Court since 2004 had choked off such lawsuits in cases involving foreign parties, which often have little link to the U.S., Brunk said.
—Greg McKenna, Fortune, 15 Oct. 2024
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Carlos Valdez and Isabel Debre, Los Angeles Times, 27 Oct. 2024
India has surged to become the second-biggest supplier of restricted critical technologies to Russia, US and European officials said, highlighting the challenge in efforts to choke off exports fueling President Vladimir Putin’s war machine.
—Jason Ma, Fortune, 12 Oct. 2024
Sanctions designed to choke off Russian oil exports, for instance, would increase energy prices, at least in the short term.
—Edward Fishman, Foreign Affairs, 28 Feb. 2022
But rulings by the U.S. Supreme Court since 2004 had choked off such lawsuits in cases involving foreign parties, which often have little link to the U.S., Brunk said.
—Greg McKenna, Fortune, 15 Oct. 2024
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“Choke off.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/choke%20off. Accessed 10 Nov. 2024.
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