choked (back)

verb

Definition of choked (back)next
past tense of choke (back)
as in stifled
to refrain from openly showing or uttering choked back a sarcastic reply to an insulting question

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  1. stifled
  2. suppressed
  3. swallowed
Verb
  • This time around, the reflexive urge to publish was stifled.
    Andrew Wallenstein, Variety, 11 Dec. 2024
  • Boise State's defense stifled UNLV, allowing just one score.
    Giovanni Malloy, Forbes, 7 Dec. 2024
Definition of stifled
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  • But as Daniel Goleman writes in his book Social Intelligence, in a society that puts too much emphasis on individualism, the power of the social brain often gets suppressed and overlooked.
    Kevin Kruse, Forbes, 11 Dec. 2024
  • But Google's study, published in Nature, showed that for the first time, errors can be suppressed exponentially as a quantum computer increases in size – a breakthrough that has been pursued in the field for more than 30 years.
    Sorcha Bradley, The Week UK, theweek, 10 Dec. 2024
Definition of suppressed
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  • This tract is a series of throat and stomach organs that include the esophagus and small and large intestines that food and liquids move through as they are swallowed, digested and absorbed.
    Daryl Austin, USA TODAY, 7 Dec. 2024
  • That organizational defiance of a league-wide trend, expressed in succinct but undeniably contrarian terms by general manager Calvin Booth two months ago, actually hasn’t swallowed their season whole.
    Bennett Durando, The Denver Post, 6 Dec. 2024
Definition of swallowed
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“Choked (back).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/choked%20%28back%29. Accessed 17 Dec. 2024.

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