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

Gas prices have skyrocketed since the US and Israel first struck Iran last month, and Iran retailiated by effectively closing the Strait of Hormuz, choking off a large portion of the world’s oil supply from energy markets. —Jessie Yeung, CNN Money, 31 Mar. 2026

Iran has choked off all but a fraction of the traffic passing through the waterway that links the Persian Gulf to global markets. —The Dallas Morning News, Dallas Morning News, 30 Mar. 2026

Back to coal Asian governments are temporarily pivoting to coal as the Iran war chokes off natural gas supplies, undermining years of effort to curb the continent’s dependence on the dirtiest major fuel. —Nicholas Gordon, Fortune, 29 Mar. 2026

Consumers have held out hope for a reopening of the strait and a relatively speedy recovery, but facility repairs could stretch on for months and choke off fuel supply in the meantime. —Max Zahn, ABC News, 27 Mar. 2026

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