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choke off
Put a stop to, throttle, as in Higher interest rates are choking off the real estate boom . [Early 1800s]
Stop someone from speaking or complaining, as in Throughout the debate the congressman had to be choked off to give the other candidate a chance to speak . [ Slang ; late 1800s]
Example Sentences
UC Davis Professor Emeritus Colin A. Carter, who co-authored the research, said China’s retaliatory tariffs are now much higher than what they analyzed, and will choke off Chinese purchases of pistachios, almonds and dairy products.
It illuminates the ways in which increasingly restrictive rules and regulations have choked off the supply of affordable housing, constraining mobility today, with a disproportionate impact on the Black community.
Failure to do so, it warned, could cause "defense production to grind to a halt and choke off manufacturing of other advanced technologies".
Thanks in part to legislation that has choked off housing inventory, formerly working-class buildings like the one where Appelbaum resides are now out of reach for the working class.
Still, some state officials in states with abortion bans have sought to choke off the supply of medication that induces abortion.
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