choke off

verb

choked off; choking off; chokes off

transitive verb

: to bring to a stop or to an end as if by choking

Examples of choke off in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Reducing disclosures and transparency means choking off the lifeblood, which keeps investors informed and prices rational. —Richard Torrenzano, Fortune, 9 Oct. 2025

The government shutdown halted the release of key economic data, choking off the flow of information as some experts warn the economy may be slipping toward a recession, some economists told ABC News. —Max Zahn, ABC News, 6 Oct. 2025

Strikes on refineries are designed to choke off the Kremlin’s war revenues while exerting pressure on Russia’s already strained economy. —David Kirichenko, Forbes.com, 17 Sep. 2025

By Eliyahu Kamisher and Nathan Risser, Bloomberg California’s largest inland oil pipeline is in danger of closing within months without state approval for a rate increase and other measures, a shutdown that would choke off some crude supplies to at least two San Francisco-area refiners. —Bloomberg, Mercury News, 11 Sep. 2025

Word History

First Known Use

1818, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for choke off

• cerenkov
• ashraf
• checkoff
• cutoff
• falloff
• handoff
• kickoff
• layoff
• liftoff
• markoff
• markov
• payoff