CHOCKING Synonyms: 45 Similar and Opposite Words

chocking

verb

present participle of chock

as in braking

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This can instantly pressurize individual shock absorbers to counteract body roll, front-to-rear acceleration pitch and hard-braking dive.

— New Atlas, New Atlas, 24 Oct. 2026
Nobody else was pushing to the limit, but Antonelli was braking late, hitting the curbs.

— Sam Knight, New Yorker, 22 Oct. 2026

Definition of braking

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On a national level, the Sunshine Protection Act, which would end changing the clocks, passed in the House of Representatives back in July, before stalling in the Senate.

— Amanda Callahan, CBS News, 2 Nov. 2026
The tone, momentum and overall direction often are determined by a precious few snaps, and instead of stacking breakthrough moments the Chiefs kept stalling.

— Kansas City Star, Kansas City Star, 29 Oct. 2026

Definition of stalling

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Along with being a calf-sticking impostor, Conrad, according to Hemingway, was a malicious defamer.

— Stephen Bates, New Yorker, 22 Oct. 2026
The Turkish and Yemeni traditions that incorporate cloves give the current trend a cultural anchor that pure wellness fads typically lack, which may be part of why this one is sticking.

— Hanna Wickes, Miami Herald, 21 Oct. 2026

Definition of sticking

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Those steps include halting any activity that contributed to the discovery until tribal communities are consulted.

— Ryan Devereaux, ProPublica, 2 Nov. 2026
Eisenkot seen as an antidote to Netanyahu Eisenkot has halting English and comes from a working-class family.

— Julia Frankel, Los Angeles Times, 28 Oct. 2026

Definition of halting

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Without natural sand reaching the beaches, high tides and large surf have resulted in entire beaches being covered with water, cutting off access.

— Hannah Fry, Los Angeles Times, 20 Oct. 2026
Deadhead blazing star during the growing season to encourage more flowering, but do not prune too soon, as cutting off the foliage may reduce next year’s blooms.

— Lauren Landers, Better Homes & Gardens, 28 Sep. 2026

Definition of cutting off

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Matas Buzelis beat him to the punch, tearing the ball out of the air and jamming it back into the basket with a dunk.

— Julia Poe, Chicago Tribune, 29 Oct. 2026
Designed to resist electronic interference Modern naval sensors must contend with electronic warfare, including jamming attempts to disrupt radar signals.

— Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 28 Oct. 2026

Definition of jamming

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Their lifting was contingent on Iraq’s dismantling its weapons of mass destruction program and agreeing to respect Kuwaiti sovereignty.

— S. C. M. Paine, Foreign Affairs, 3 Nov. 2026
To address this, former Fraunhofer ISE researchers developed power electronics that can connect different batteries without dismantling them.

— Georgina Jedikovska, Interesting Engineering, 2 Nov. 2026

Definition of dismantling

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