choke off
Language: en
Globalneutralformal
- To stop, restrict, or severely reduce the flow or supply of something such as goods, resources, information, or funding.
Globalneutralformal
- To suppress, silence, or prevent the operation of an activity, group, or expression by cutting off necessary support or means.
Globalneutralviolent
- To obstruct breathing by compressing or blocking the airway; to strangle or suffocate (literal physical action).
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