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 These shortfalls drive up rents and choke off the path to homeownership. — Debbie Wasserman Schultz, Sun Sentinel, 9 July 2026 The fresh attacks threatened to choke off the flow of traffic in the strait just as countries hoped to restore normal shipping practices and ease the global economic strain of the war. — Arkansas Online, 7 July 2026 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 See All Example Sentences for choke off

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Then, the pressure is released so that DME turns back into a gas, leaving the water in the tank.

— Idaho Statesman, Idaho Statesman, 17 Aug. 2026
The fire turned back into California late Thursday morning, burning in Lassen County just above the Sierra County line, fire maps showed.

— Darrell Smith, Sacbee.com, 13 Aug. 2026

Definition of turn back

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Bridges on the Big Island were washed away, and several communities have been entirely cut off from the rest of the island.

— Jonathan Vigliotti, CBS News, 18 Aug. 2026
The county’s Flock cameras soon went dark, cutting off Dane County data from the 140 other law enforcement agencies that had once accessed it.

— Nate Anderson, ArsTechnica, 17 Aug. 2026

Definition of cut off

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Ukraine's air force said Russian forces launched several missiles and 106 drones into the country in its latest barrage, of which three missiles and 85 drones were shot down or otherwise suppressed.

— David Brennan, ABC News, 16 Aug. 2026
Mulch also helps suppress weeds and dissuades strawberry pests like slugs.

— Michelle Mastro, Architectural Digest, 14 Aug. 2026

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