CHOKE OFF Synonyms: 68 Similar and Opposite Words

choke off

verb

Definition of choke off

as in to turn back

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Recent Examples of choke off The nanobubbler system — essentially imperceptibly small bubbles meant to oxygenate the water and choke off algae growth — had never been tested at this scale on a public monument before deployment. — Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 2 July 2026 More recently, Ukraine has attempted to choke off fuel deliveries to Crimea, the Black Sea peninsula illegally annexed by Moscow in early 2014. — ABC News, 28 June 2026 The monthslong war had choked off traffic in the Strait of Hormuz, which carries one-fifth of the world's oil, leading to a spike in global energy prices. — Christopher Cann, USA Today, 17 June 2026 The industry has relied on those stockpiles to mitigate fallout from the closure of the Strait of Hormuz, which has effectively choked off a key source of the global oil supply. — Jessie Yeung, CNN Money, 12 June 2026 See All Example Sentences for choke off

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The front-9 and the beginning of the back-9 holes play mostly away from the coastline, but play moves back towards the Moray Firth on the par-4 13th, hugging the waterline for the 14th, 15th, and 16th holes before turning back towards the clubhouse.

— Zach Schenfisch, Forbes.com, 20 July 2026
As the clock ticked down, Boyle took off his headphones, dropped the microphone and turned back into a student, rushing the field with his classmates.

— Pete Sampson, New York Times, 20 July 2026

Definition of turn back

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D4vd then allegedly cut off her left ring and pinky fingers because her ring finger had a tattoo of his name.

— Ray Sanchez, CNN Money, 20 July 2026
Fenced in and barred from foraging, fishing, hunting, and farming, Indigenous peoples were intentionally cut off from the calorie-rich landscapes that had fed them for millennia.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 20 July 2026

Definition of cut off

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Air rises above the now warmer Pacific, then sinks down over parts of the western Atlantic basin, helping suppress the storms that could grow into a tropical system.

— Mary Gilbert, CNN Money, 18 July 2026
The Nazis also took more active measures to suppress the film.

— Thomas Doherty, HollywoodReporter, 18 July 2026

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