choke off

verb

choked off; choking off; chokes off

transitive verb

: to bring to a stop or to an end as if by choking

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Tens of thousands of longshoremen went on strike at midnight ET, shutting down major ports along the East and Gulf coasts and choking off deliveries of everything from produce to auto parts. Mike Calia, NBC News, 1 Oct. 2024 Dry, dusty air and cooler ocean temperatures here, off the continent’s northwest coast, have combined to choke off storms. Mary Gilbert, CNN, 6 Sep. 2024 World & Nation Bolivian president orchestrated a ‘self-coup,’ political rival claims July 1, 2024 The roadblocks and mass vigils have choked off major cities and disrupted food and fuel supplies, exacerbating the country’s rolling economic crisis. Carlos Valdez and Isabel Debre, Los Angeles Times, 27 Oct. 2024 India has surged to become the second-biggest supplier of restricted critical technologies to Russia, US and European officials said, highlighting the challenge in efforts to choke off exports fueling President Vladimir Putin’s war machine. Jason Ma, Fortune, 12 Oct. 2024 See all Example Sentences for choke off 

Word History

First Known Use

1818, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of choke off was in 1818

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“Choke off.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/choke%20off. Accessed 22 Nov. 2024.

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