Synonyms of choke off

choke off

verb

as in to turn back

Related Words

• turn back
• rein (in)
• cut off
• suppress
• suspend
• repress
• hold back
• squelch
• squash
• discontinue
• stunt
• end
• stanch
• terminate
• conclude
• draw up
• hinder
• stem
• call
• block
• pull up
• dam
• impede
• hold up
• balk
• snag
• clog
• bring up
• check
• obstruct
• fetch up
• stop
• detain
• stay
• arrest
• halt
• hold
• stall
• bottleneck
• blockade
• baffle
• still
• catch

Dissimilar Words

• keep (on)
• carry on
• continue
• run on
• keep up
• persist
• proceed
• move
• go along
• advance
• progress
• follow through (with)
• march
• fare
• push
• stir
• drive
• spur
• propel
• budge
• wend
• actuate
• goad
• impel

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of choke off

If the disruption lasts, Russia could choke off a crucial source of foreign currency for Ukraine and boost Russia’s international negotiating leverage by inflicting pain on major grain importers in Africa and Asia. — Ian Bremmer, Time, 31 July 2026

The drone strikes form part of Ukraine's campaign designed to choke off supplies and transportation routes in and out of Crimea, which Russia seized by force in 2014. — Sam Meredith, CNBC, 10 July 2026

These shortfalls drive up rents and choke off the path to homeownership. — Debbie Wasserman Schultz, Sun Sentinel, 9 July 2026

The fresh attacks threatened to choke off the flow of traffic in the strait just as countries hoped to restore normal shipping practices and ease the global economic strain of the war. — Arkansas Online, 7 July 2026