All choke off synonyms

verb choke off

• frustrate — to make (plans, efforts, etc.) worthless or of no avail; defeat; nullify: The student's indifference frustrated the teacher's efforts to help him.
• silence — absence of any sound or noise; stillness.
• decelerate — When a vehicle or machine decelerates or when someone in a vehicle decelerates, the speed of the vehicle or machine is reduced.
• handicap — a race or other contest in which certain disadvantages or advantages of weight, distance, time, etc., are placed upon competitors to equalize their chances of winning.
• lessen — to become less.
• impede — to retard in movement or progress by means of obstacles or hindrances; obstruct; hinder.
• crimp — If you crimp something such as a piece of fabric or pastry, you make small folds in it.
• hamper — to hold back; hinder; impede: A steady rain hampered the progress of the work.
• cut off — If you cut something off, you remove it with a knife or a similar tool.
• muzzle — the mouth, or end for discharge, of the barrel of a gun, pistol, etc.
• subdue — to conquer and bring into subjection: Rome subdued Gaul.
• mute — silent; refraining from speech or utterance.
• muffle — to wrap with something to deaden or prevent sound: to muffle drums.
• gag — to introduce usually comic interpolations into (a script, an actor's part, or the like) (usually followed by up).
• quell — to suppress; put an end to; extinguish: The troops quelled the rebellion quickly.
• quash — to put down or suppress completely; quell; subdue: to quash a rebellion.
• suppress — to put an end to the activities of (a person, body of persons, etc.): to suppress the Communist and certain left-leaning parties.
• squelch — to strike or press with crushing force; crush down; squash.
• stifle — to quell, crush, or end by force: to stifle a revolt; to stifle free expression.
• suspend — to hang by attachment to something above: to suspend a chandelier from the ceiling.
• bar — A bar is a place where you can buy and drink alcoholic drinks.
• avoid — If you avoid something unpleasant that might happen, you take action in order to prevent it from happening.
• stay — (of a ship) to change to the other tack.
• break — When an object breaks or when you break it, it suddenly separates into two or more pieces, often because it has been hit or dropped.
• intercept — to take, seize, or halt (someone or something on the way from one place to another); cut off from an intended destination: to intercept a messenger.
• interrupt — to cause or make a break in the continuity or uniformity of (a course, process, condition, etc.).
• close — When you close something such as a door or lid or when it closes, it moves so that a hole, gap, or opening is covered.
• stem — science, technology, engineering, and mathematics, considered as a group of academic or career fields (often used attributively): degree programs in STEM disciplines; teaching STEM in high school.
• disrupt — to cause disorder or turmoil in: The news disrupted their conference.
• block — A block of flats or offices is a large building containing them.
• thwart — to oppose successfully; prevent from accomplishing a purpose.
• stonewall — to engage in stonewalling.
• foil — to cover or back with foil.
• defer — If you defer an event or action, you arrange for it to happen at a later date, rather than immediately or at the previously planned time.
• loaf — a portion of bread or cake baked in a mass, usually oblong with a rounded top.
• clog — When something clogs a hole or place, it blocks it so that nothing can pass through.
• fetter — a chain or shackle placed on the feet.
• reduce — to bring down to a smaller extent, size, amount, number, etc.: to reduce one's weight by 10 pounds.
• down — from higher to lower; in descending direction or order; toward, into, or in a lower position: to come down the ladder.
• dawdle — If you dawdle, you spend more time than is necessary going somewhere.
• decrease — When something decreases or when you decrease it, it becomes less in quantity, size, or intensity.
• check — Check is also a noun.
• hesitate — to be reluctant or wait to act because of fear, indecision, or disinclination: She hesitated to take the job.
• poke — to prod or push, especially with something narrow or pointed, as a finger, elbow, stick, etc.: to poke someone in the ribs.
• detain — When people such as the police detain someone, they keep them in a place under their control.
• delay — If you delay doing something, you do not do it immediately or at the planned or expected time, but you leave it until later.
• arrest — If the police arrest you, they take charge of you and take you to a police station, because they believe you may have committed a crime.
• falter — to hesitate or waver in action, purpose, intent, etc.; give way: Her courage did not falter at the prospect of hardship.
• postpone — to put off to a later time; defer: He has postponed his departure until tomorrow.
• balk — If you balk at something, you definitely do not want to do it or to let it happen.