choke off
verb
choked off; choking off; chokes off
: to bring to a stop or to an end as if by choking
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The Prosperity Order’s institution of agency regulatory budgets addresses the overregulation problem by seeking directly to choke off regulatory excesses agency-by-agency.
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Alden Abbott, Forbes, 19 Feb. 2025
Washington can capitalize on that advantage to choke off Chinese tech firms.
—Michael Schuman, The Atlantic, 4 Feb. 2025
Export controls were aimed at choking off China's access to the most advanced computer chips, impeding its ability to keep pace.
—Jonathan Granoff, Newsweek, 29 Jan. 2025
The big concern in industry is, that despite the progress the U.K. is making to deliver greater legal and regulatory certainty for the cryptoasset sector, it is being undermined as the fintech and crypto sector is further de-banked and the crucial on-ramp from fiat to digital assets is choked off.
—Lawrence Wintermeyer, Forbes, 16 Jan. 2025
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Alden Abbott, Forbes, 19 Feb. 2025
Washington can capitalize on that advantage to choke off Chinese tech firms.
—Michael Schuman, The Atlantic, 4 Feb. 2025
Export controls were aimed at choking off China's access to the most advanced computer chips, impeding its ability to keep pace.
—Jonathan Granoff, Newsweek, 29 Jan. 2025
The big concern in industry is, that despite the progress the U.K. is making to deliver greater legal and regulatory certainty for the cryptoasset sector, it is being undermined as the fintech and crypto sector is further de-banked and the crucial on-ramp from fiat to digital assets is choked off.
—Lawrence Wintermeyer, Forbes, 16 Jan. 2025
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“Choke off.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/choke%20off. Accessed 23 Feb. 2025.
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