choked off

Definition of choked offnext
past tense of choke off

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for choked off
Verb
  • Bernhard’s barely contained incestuous desires (The Loser is only one of a suite of works about brother-sister love and hate, alongside Correction, The Lime Works, and Concrete) are the product of individual psychologies run amok and turned back on themselves, the offshoots of artistic monomania.
    Christine Smallwood, Harpers Magazine, 24 Mar. 2026
  • Al Otro Lado, HIAS and other groups who provided assistance to the asylum seekers who were turned back at the border argued this case is about much more than the narrow legal definition of a few words.
    Alex Riggins, San Diego Union-Tribune, 23 Mar. 2026
Verb
  • The perch is a little too small for bigger birds like mourning doves, and my voracious flock of starlings is often cut off.
    Jim Fisher, PC Magazine, 31 Mar. 2026
  • Resistance is likely to be strongest among European governments, still shocked by Beijing’s threats last year to cut off supplies of rare earths — essential for clean tech — and worried about further hollowing out their own green industries.
    Andy Browne, semafor.com, 31 Mar. 2026
Verb
  • That means speech around controversial issues, diet and fitness, mental health topics, sexuality, and much more will be suppressed.
    Elizabeth Nolan Brown, Oc Register, 26 Mar. 2026
  • This structural scaling suppressed unwanted charge trapping and leakage currents, ensuring the chip remains electronically stable even under intense, high-dose gamma exposure.
    Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 24 Mar. 2026
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“Choked off.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/choked%20off. Accessed 1 Apr. 2026.

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