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[ verb ] suppress, as of an emotion
Synonyms Examples "He choked down his rage" Used in print ("National Affairs"...)Armed with the Nixon opinion , the Senate liberals rounded_up their slim majority and prepared to choke_off debate on the filibuster battle this week . Related terms |
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[ verb ] become or cause to become obstructed
Examples "The leaves clog our drains in the Fall" "The water pipe is backed up" Used in print (Time magazine, 77:3...)Or ( more commonly , thinks Keys ) the deposits themselves get so big that they choke_off the artery 's flow to_the_point that an infarct occurs : the heart_muscle is suffocated , cells supplied by the artery die , and the heart is permanently , perhaps fatally injured . |
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