CHOCKING Synonyms: 45 Similar and Opposite Words

chocking

verb

present participle of chock

as in braking

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Much like a typical race car setup, the pedal has a bit of initial travel before quickly firming up, with braking force then governed mainly by pressure—a calibration that prioritizes precision over ease of use.

— Bradley Iger, ArsTechnica, 6 July 2026
The system uses a three-level braking architecture that combines retarder braking, electric braking, and mechanical braking to improve safety during operation under demanding mining conditions.

— Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 3 July 2026

Definition of braking

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Oil tankers are now reluctant to travel through the Strait of Hormuz, stalling supplies as a result.

— Eleanor Pringle, Fortune, 9 July 2026
Nobody is publicly discussing details about those issues, possibly because a few previous public-private development projects in Connecticut ended up in court after stalling.

— Don Stacom, Hartford Courant, 6 July 2026

Definition of stalling

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Two days after the incident, a developer told the Wall Street Journal that the days of high-wire stunts—like pulling out cores and sticking extra floors on the roof—might belong to the past.

— D. T. Max, New Yorker, 11 July 2026
Perrineau is weary, if not quite as wrecked as the car sticking halfway out of the far wall.

— Josh Wigler, HollywoodReporter, 6 July 2026

Definition of sticking

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Both sides had an interest in halting the fighting and broadly agreed on the principles that eventually led to disengagement and, ultimately, the Egyptian-Israeli peace treaty of 1979.

— Anthony Wanis-St John, The Conversation, 10 July 2026
After temporarily halting the regulations in May, Darwin found that only state lawmakers can make such policy decisions, according to card room industry officials, who sued to block the rule changes.

— Ethan Varian, Mercury News, 6 July 2026

Definition of halting

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Analysts note that Iran doesn’t need a huge inventory of drones and missiles to destabilize the region and keep the Strait of Hormuz effectively shut, cutting off around 20% of the world’s pre-war oil supplies.

— Brad Lendon, CNN Money, 17 July 2026
Alongside cutting off Russian energy revenues, Ukraine’s drone attacks are designed to try to force Russian President Vladimir Putin to bring an end to the war.

— Sam Meredith,Elsa Ohlen, CNBC, 9 July 2026

Definition of cutting off

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After arresting the suspect, Rasiel Joel Carbuccia, 20, of Jamaica Plain, the two officers who were shot at were evaluated on the scene, to make sure they weren’t injured, then transported to a local hospital, police said.

— Colleen Cronin, Boston Herald, 16 July 2026
The two arresting officers testified they were never sequestered after Ramirez went unresponsive, a failure Brentwood’s police chief attributed to the weeklong delay between the arrest and Ramirez’s death.

— Hema Sivanandam, Mercury News, 15 July 2026

Definition of arresting

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In the video, the rocker struts around in stage dressed in all black with slick white boots, jamming on his guitar.

— Ryan Coleman, Entertainment Weekly, 15 July 2026
The device uses a pealess design, which means there are fewer moving parts inside, and the risk of them jamming from sand or dust is much smaller.

— Maryna Holovnova, New Atlas, 15 July 2026

Definition of jamming

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Technicians review video captured inside the engine to identify cracks, wear, and other damage without dismantling major components.

— Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 15 July 2026
The dismantling and scrapping process took over five years, with the project being completed in July 2017.

— Caroline Blair, PEOPLE, 15 July 2026

Definition of dismantling

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