choke off

The fungus attacks the roots of the trees, choking off a water supply that has been made scarce by successive years of drought.

But a further rise in protectionism risks choking off what should be an engine of recovery for the world economy.

The RBI is, of course, wary of choking off India's rapid recovery from the slowdown in growth during the global economic crisis.

The valves would be gradually closed, choking off the flow.

Scientists have long known that choking off this blood supply through a process called anti-angiogenesis is one way to slow tumor growth.

We targeted tanks and military assets that had been choking off towns and cities, and we cut off much of their source of supply.

Many analysts don't expect the Fed to move until 2012, at the earliest, for fear of choking off the economic recovery.

The sky-high euro would soar further, choking off Europe's growth.

'You're choking off short-term growth with your policies. '

He defended the European Union executive's advocacy of austerity policies blamed for choking off growth and jobs.

But its two nuclear tests, the most recent of which occurred in May, have triggered U. N. sanctions that are now choking off arms sales.

These illiquid assets are choking off the flow of credit that is so vitally important to our economy.

The real risk, he says, is that the Fed overstays its accommodative policies, 'for fear of choking off a recovery. '

The critical issue: how to clean the atmosphere without choking off growth, and nowhere is that challenge bigger than in China.