choke off
Advanced (C1)formal
To make something stop happening by blocking what it needs to survive or continue.
"The trade sanctions were designed to choke off the regime's access to foreign currency."
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agency or choke off their budgets
Extended interview: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu
60 Minutes · 21:38
could not choke off the straight of Hormuz
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could not choke off the straight of Hormuz.
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Big Pharma choke off patients' access to compounded medications,
Trump slams Iran's proposal response, hantavirus-exposed Americans back in U.S., more | The Takeout
CBS News · 2:54
would not choke off the straight of four moves.