Example Sentences
Recent Examples of Synonyms for choked off
Verb
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Instead, Flacco turned back the clock with a vintage performance, repeatedly connecting with Chase and Higgins on slants and crossers.—
Mike DeFabo,
New York Times,
17 Oct. 2025 -
Ellis then turned back to Julian and stabbed him in the back.—
Charna Flam,
PEOPLE,
17 Oct. 2025
Verb
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For more severe cases, Orlando says procedures such as rubber band ligation (placing a small band around the base of an internal hemorrhoid to cut off its blood supply) and sclerotherapy (an injection that shrinks the hemorrhoid), may be recommended.—
Daryl Austin,
USA Today,
21 Oct. 2025
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Before entering the house, Rader climbed a fence and cut off the family's phone lines, per a CNN transcript from court.—
Caroline Blair,
PEOPLE,
21 Oct. 2025
Verb
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The President praised the speed with which this modest protest was suppressed.—
David Remnick,
New Yorker,
19 Oct. 2025
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The Secret Commonwealth is the condemnation of a world where imagination—not making things up, but a way of seeing, understanding, feeling the world—is suppressed by the dual forces of cold rationality and religious fundamentalisms that breed authoritarianism.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
17 Oct. 2025
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“Choked off.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/choked%20off. Accessed 26 Oct. 2025.
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