choke off
US /tʃok ɔf/
・UK /tʃəuk ɔf/
A1
phr. v.Phrasal VerbTo suppress or stop something, often by force or other means.
The government tried to choke off the rebellion by force.
phr. v.Phrasal VerbTo suffocate or deprive of air.
The smoke from the fire threatened to choke off the trapped miners.
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Inside Trump’s Strategy to End Birthright Citizenship | WSJ
- My policy will choke off a major incentive for continued illegal immigration, deter more migrants from coming, and encourage many of the aliens Joe Biden has unlawfully let into our country to go back to their home countries.
My policy will choke off a major incentive for continued illegal immigration, deter more migrants from coming, and encourage many of the aliens Joe Biden has unlawfully let into our country to go back to their home countries.
- My policy will choke off a major incentive for continued illegal immigration, deter more migrants from coming,
My policy will choke off a major incentive for continued illegal immigration, deter more migrants from coming,
How to deal with Insomnia
- We don't want to let them down. But their expectations choke off important aspects of
We don't want to let them down. But their expectations choke off important aspects of
- But their expectations choke off important aspects of who we are.
But their expectations choke off important aspects of who we are.
How To Cut Up a Mango, Dangerously! (Learn To Cook)
- choke off that little mango cheek. See the big mango cheek, and then what do you do with
choke off that little mango cheek. See the big mango cheek, and then what do you do with
【TVB News at 7:30pm】 | 18 Mar 2026 | TVB English News | Hong Kong News | 19:30 News | 無綫新聞
- Energy officials said Cuba has reconnected its power grid and brought its largest oil fired power plant online, putting an end to a nationwide blackout that lasted more than 29 hours, this amid a US move to choke off the island's fuel supply.
Energy officials said Cuba has reconnected its power grid and brought its largest oil fired power plant online, putting an end to a nationwide blackout that lasted more than 29 hours, this amid a US move to choke off the island's fuel supply.
- This amid a U.S. move to choke off the island's fuel supply.
This amid a U.S. move to choke off the island's fuel supply.
A City-Sized Iceberg | March 2, 2021
- a crowd that was growing until Hong Kong police cordoned off this area to try to choke off the crowds and prevent more people from coming here warning everybody that if they don't leave, they could face arrest.
a crowd that was growing until Hong Kong police cordoned off this area to try to choke off the crowds and prevent more people from coming here warning everybody that if they don't leave, they could face arrest.
- But it is extraordinary in this time with fear about the national security law and restrictions from the COVID-19 pandemic to see a crowd that stretches around the block, a crowd that was growing until Hong Kong police cordoned off this area to try to choke off the crowds and prevent more people from coming here, warning everybody that if they don't leave, they could face arrest.
But it is extraordinary in this time with fear about the national security law and restrictions from the COVID-19 pandemic to see a crowd that stretches around the block, a crowd that was growing until Hong Kong police cordoned off this area to try to choke off the crowds and prevent more people from coming here, warning everybody that if they don't leave, they could face arrest.
Russia unleashes 11-hour barrage of strikes on Kyiv
- And if they see things happening, especially in Crimea, somewhere where the fuel shortages are the worst, because it's a peninsula, it relies heavily on everything provided from mainland, the fear is that if Ukraine manages to choke off Crimea, there may be a real panic in the elites whether Russia will be able to sustain this war treasure as where it started the war against Ukraine back in 2014 with the annexation of Crimea.
And if they see things happening, especially in Crimea, somewhere where the fuel shortages are the worst, because it's a peninsula, it relies heavily on everything provided from mainland, the fear is that if Ukraine manages to choke off Crimea, there may be a real panic in the elites whether Russia will be able to sustain this war treasure as where it started the war against Ukraine back in 2014 with the annexation of Crimea.
Russia's biggest ever attacks hit Kyiv, but is it Ukraine that has the advantage | DW News
- So the actually easier and more logical thing to do, which is what Ukraine is seemingly trying to do now, is to attack the capacity that Russia has to produce more of those missiles, to basically choke off the supply of those missiles in lieu of, you know, spending a lot more money trying to shoot down every missile just above everyone's head here in Kyiv.
So the actually easier and more logical thing to do, which is what Ukraine is seemingly trying to do now, is to attack the capacity that Russia has to produce more of those missiles, to basically choke off the supply of those missiles in lieu of, you know, spending a lot more money trying to shoot down every missile just above everyone's head here in Kyiv.
Has the US really lost the Iran war? Fareed examines
- Yeah, Iran has definitely proven that they can choke off the Strait of Hormuz and that the US can essentially do nothing to stop them.
Yeah, Iran has definitely proven that they can choke off the Strait of Hormuz and that the US can essentially do nothing to stop them.
Could this UK startup save Britain from AI oblivion? | BBC News
- Then you have the governments who are terrified of regulating because they don't want to choke off the innovation engine because they're afraid of what their rivals are doing, their enemies, and
Then you have the governments who are terrified of regulating because they don't want to choke off the innovation engine because they're afraid of what their rivals are doing, their enemies, and
Adam Schiff remembers Lindsey Graham as ‘larger than life’: Full interview
- that is the ability, with minimal force, to close the Strait of Hormuz and to choke off a big part of the world's oil supply.
that is the ability, with minimal force, to close the Strait of Hormuz and to choke off a big part of the world's oil supply.