| Roget’s II: The New Thesaurus, Third Edition. 1995. |
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| NOUN: | Something used to fill a hole, space, or container: cork, fill, plug, stop, stopper. See FULL. | | VERB: | 1. To interfere with or stop the normal breathing of, especially by constricting the windpipe: strangle, throttle. See BREATH. 2. To stop the breathing of: asphyxiate, smother, stifle, suffocate. See BREATH. 3. To be unsuccessful: fail, fall through. Informal : fall down, flop. Slang : bomb. Idioms: fail of success, fall short. See THRIVE. 4. To plug up something, as a hole, space, or container: block, clog, close, congest, cork, fill, plug, stop. See FULL. 5. To hold (something requiring an outlet) in check. Also used with back: burke, gag, hold back, hold down, hush (up), muffle, quench, repress, smother, squelch, stifle, strangle, suppress, throttle. Informal : sit on or (upon). See RESTRAINT. | | PHRASAL VERB: | choke off To bring to an end forcibly as if by imposing a heavy weight: crush, extinguish, put down, quash, quell, quench, squash, squelch, suppress. Idioms: put the lid on. See CONTINUE, WIN.
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