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Definition of To choke off

To choke off
Choke Choke, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Choked; p. pr. & vb. n. Choking.] [OE. cheken, choken; cf. AS. [=a]ceocian to suffocate, Icel. koka to gulp, E. chincough, cough.] 1. To render unable to breathe by filling, pressing upon, or squeezing the windpipe; to stifle; to suffocate; to strangle. With eager feeding food doth choke the feeder. --Shak. 2. To obstruct by filling up or clogging any passage; to block up. --Addison. 3. To hinder or check, as growth, expansion, progress, etc.; to stifle. Oats and darnel choke the rising corn. --Dryden. 4. To affect with a sense of strangulation by passion or strong feeling. ``I was choked at this word.' --Swift. 5. To make a choke, as in a cartridge, or in the bore of the barrel of a shotgun. To choke off, to stop a person in the execution of a purpose; as, to choke off a speaker by uproar.

Meaning of To choke off from wikipedia

- Operation Choke Point was an initiative of the United States Department of Justice beginning in 2013 which investigated banks in the United States and...
- A chokehold, choke, stranglehold or, in Judo, shime-waza (****anese: 絞技, lit. 'constriction technique') is a general term for a grappling hold that critically...
- Alexander (23 February 2017). "****ion Matters: 15 Better Ways to Get Off". The Advocate. Retrieved 1 November 2021. "Go Ask Alice!: "****-stuffing""...
- The rear naked choke (RNC) is a chokehold in martial arts applied from an opponent's back. The word naked in this context suggests that, unlike other...
- The choking game, or fainting game is the act of intentionally cutting off oxygen to the brain with the goal of inducing temporary loss of consciousness...
- A choke is a tapered constriction of a firearm barrel at its muzzle end. Chokes are most commonly seen on shotguns, but are also used on some rifles,...
- stops, choking often leads to death. Around 4,500 to 5,000 choking-related deaths occur in the United States every year. Deaths from choking most often...
- a choke manifold is used to lower the pressure from the well head. It consist of a set of high pressure valves and at least two chokes. These chokes can...
- the rare Von Flue choke submission, leading to fans renaming it to the "Von Preux choke". Saint Preux was born in Immokalee, Florida, to Haitian immigrant...
- depth about his new music, the 50 Cent beef, and the rap kingpin trying to choke off his career". Nashville Scene. Retrieved March 19, 2015. Wood, E. Thomas...