choked off

verb

past tense of choke off
as in turned back

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  1. turned back
  2. cut off
  3. suppressed
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  • 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
  • Sandy Creek has sat idle since a major failure last year and isn’t expected to be turned back on until March 2027.
    — Ella Nilsen, CNN Money, 13 July 2026
Definition of turned 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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  • Trump hadn’t yet declared war on Iran, but the country was roiling with protests, which had been harshly suppressed.
    — Stephania Taladrid, New Yorker, 20 July 2026
  • Chinese exploitation of voter data claims Trump argued that the intelligence community suppressed information about China allegedly accessing 220 million voter files and trying to turn American opinion against him in the run-up to the 2020 election.
    — Justin Fishel, ABC News, 17 July 2026
Definition of suppressed
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“Choked off.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/choked%20off. Accessed 25 Jul. 2026.

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