choked off

Definition of choked offnext
past tense of choke off

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for choked off
Verb
  • In early 2013, having ticked her Antarctica box, Koch turned back to her other great passion and applied for admission to NASA’s 21st astronaut class.
    Jeffrey Kluger, Time, 29 Jan. 2026
  • Things got off to an inauspicious start when Air Force One was turned back by mechanical issues.
    Dave Goldiner, New York Daily News, 24 Jan. 2026
Verb
  • Cumming said the city's information technology department also abruptly cut off part of her office administrator's access, including the ability to see who else in city government may be looking at whistleblower complaints and documents related to ethics investigations.
    Mike Hellgren, CBS News, 28 Jan. 2026
  • The drug cuts off access to vitamin A in the testes by blocking a receptor known as RAR alpha.
    Ana Castelain, Bloomberg, 28 Jan. 2026
Verb
  • At home, the Guard’s Basij volunteer arm brutally suppressed recent nationwide protests, establishing itself as the theocracy’s primary tool for squashing dissent.
    Jon Gambrell, Los Angeles Times, 29 Jan. 2026
  • This led organically to feelings of love for one’s Black nannies and friendship with the children of your Black live-in maids, but this warmth had to be suppressed.
    Eve Fairbanks, The Dial, 27 Jan. 2026
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“Choked off.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/choked%20off. Accessed 30 Jan. 2026.

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