as in to turn back
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Recent Examples of choke off
Fast, contactless detection at ports of entry could help choke off the supply chain before these deadly substances ever hit the streets.
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Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 22 July 2025
Sometimes, the argument goes, protecting an obsolete architectural masterpiece means choking off the possibilities of fresh ones.
—Justin Davidson, Curbed, 10 July 2025
But closing the strait would also choke off Iran’s own oil exports, more than 90% of which go to China, and devastate the Iranian economy.
—Jason Ma, Fortune, 22 June 2025
Our insurance premiums were choking off the funds necessary to keep our buildings safe and, paradoxically, increasing the likelihood of filings claims.
—John A. Crotty, New York Daily News, 8 Apr. 2025
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Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 22 July 2025
Sometimes, the argument goes, protecting an obsolete architectural masterpiece means choking off the possibilities of fresh ones.
—Justin Davidson, Curbed, 10 July 2025
But closing the strait would also choke off Iran’s own oil exports, more than 90% of which go to China, and devastate the Iranian economy.
—Jason Ma, Fortune, 22 June 2025
Our insurance premiums were choking off the funds necessary to keep our buildings safe and, paradoxically, increasing the likelihood of filings claims.
—John A. Crotty, New York Daily News, 8 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for choke off
Verb
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This second wave of cloud repatriation isn’t about turning back the clock.—
Mark Mahle,
Forbes.com,
12 Aug. 2025
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After turning back a national developer’s plan for an 800,000-square-foot warehouse, a coalition of residents in rural Connecticut is preparing to challenge the company’s new proposal to construct two buildings with a total of 700,000 square feet.—
Don Stacom,
Hartford Courant,
11 Aug. 2025
Verb
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The federal education department cut off that grant in February.—
Rory Linnane,
jsonline.com,
7 Aug. 2025
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Although Akazawa has claimed that levies will be cut off at 15% rather than added on top of current rates, an executive order released last week indicated that the 15% cut off applied only to the European Union and would not be implemented for Japan.—
Sakura Murakami,
Fortune,
6 Aug. 2025
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One woman described witnessing the harms of diseases that have been suppressed by vaccination, noting that her mother has experienced weakness in her limbs as the result of a childhood polio infection.—
ArsTechnica,
ArsTechnica,
4 Aug. 2025
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When fixated on screens, our blink reflex is suppressed.—
Matt Fuchs,
Time,
4 Aug. 2025
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“Choke off.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/choke%20off. Accessed 20 Aug. 2025.
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