choke off
verb
choked off; choking off; chokes off
: to bring to a stop or to an end as if by choking
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The Houthis have choked off shipping in one of the most important Waterways of the World, grinding vast swaths of Global Commerce to a halt, and attacking the core principle of Freedom of Navigation upon which International Trade and Commerce depends.
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Mark Davis, Newsweek, 15 Mar. 2025
Four years after the pandemic choked off travel, the Khao Kheow Open Zoo had yet to recover from the financial devastation.
—Stephanie Yang, Los Angeles Times, 25 Nov. 2024
In the third, the B’s did a great job off choking off the Philly attack until, with 3:39 left, Marchand scored an empty-netter from his own defensive slot to end it.
—Steve Conroy, Boston Herald, 2 Nov. 2024
The Prosperity Order’s institution of agency regulatory budgets addresses the overregulation problem by seeking directly to choke off regulatory excesses agency-by-agency.
—Alden Abbott, Forbes, 19 Feb. 2025
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Mark Davis, Newsweek, 15 Mar. 2025
Four years after the pandemic choked off travel, the Khao Kheow Open Zoo had yet to recover from the financial devastation.
—Stephanie Yang, Los Angeles Times, 25 Nov. 2024
In the third, the B’s did a great job off choking off the Philly attack until, with 3:39 left, Marchand scored an empty-netter from his own defensive slot to end it.
—Steve Conroy, Boston Herald, 2 Nov. 2024
The Prosperity Order’s institution of agency regulatory budgets addresses the overregulation problem by seeking directly to choke off regulatory excesses agency-by-agency.
—Alden Abbott, Forbes, 19 Feb. 2025
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“Choke off.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/choke%20off. Accessed 22 Mar. 2025.
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