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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In public filings, the company blamed the COVID-19 pandemic and last summer’s Hollywood’s strikes for choking off the flow of fresh content.
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Wendy Lee, Los Angeles Times, 11 July 2024
The dead zone is a stretch along the shallows of the Gulf of Mexico where algae blooms choke off oxygen in the water.
—Delaney Dryfoos, Journal Sentinel, 4 July 2024
Israel’s far-right finance minister, Bezalel Smotrich, has threatened banking restrictions that would further choke off currency entering Gaza.
—Ghada Abdulfattah, The Christian Science Monitor, 3 July 2024
With this approach, China is attempting to choke off the island’s control of surrounding waters and airspace and limit its ability to make autonomous military, diplomatic, and economic decisions.
—Isaac Kardon, Foreign Affairs, 21 May 2024
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Wendy Lee, Los Angeles Times, 11 July 2024
The dead zone is a stretch along the shallows of the Gulf of Mexico where algae blooms choke off oxygen in the water.
—Delaney Dryfoos, Journal Sentinel, 4 July 2024
Israel’s far-right finance minister, Bezalel Smotrich, has threatened banking restrictions that would further choke off currency entering Gaza.
—Ghada Abdulfattah, The Christian Science Monitor, 3 July 2024
With this approach, China is attempting to choke off the island’s control of surrounding waters and airspace and limit its ability to make autonomous military, diplomatic, and economic decisions.
—Isaac Kardon, Foreign Affairs, 21 May 2024
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“Choke off.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/choke%20off. Accessed 18 Aug. 2024.
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