choke off

How To Use choke off In A Sentence

• For its part, Iran, in its stand-off with world powers over its nuclear programme, has threatened to choke off oil shipments through the Persian Gulf if it is attacked.
• Another commonly held belief among members of the analyst community is that high oil prices will choke off economic growth.
• High taxes choke off growth, but so do high deficits.
• That would cause a rise in inflation and choke off an incipient recovery. Times, Sunday Times
• Dubai's failure to make it harder for Iranian activities in the emirate is a thorny issue with federal officials in Abu Dhabi and the U.S. government, which is keen to choke off the Islamic republic from the outside world with new sanctions. Hamas Killing Exposes Dubai's Dark Side
• It is feared that higher interest rates might choke off economic recovery.
• Lt.Gen. Lloyd Austin attributed the decline mainly to efforts by Iraqi forces to choke off radical elements of Shiite militias in the southern cities of Basra and Amarah. Iraq: Bombs kill 14
• The intelligence is used to help choke off financial support to international terrorist organisations.
• When governments do that...they impose costs on households, they impose costs on businesses, they choke off markets and they get the exact opposite effect of what they want.
• The Fed must be careful in raising interest rates for the very simple reason that by moving too quickly, it can choke off growth.