chokes

According to court records, when Collins was asked how her boyfriend could inflict violence on an infant, she replied: “He chokes me so why would he not choke a baby?”

“It potentially chokes off the original creators of the content,” Mr. Pine said.

Tarango chokes up on the phone when reminiscing about the sacrifices made by his mother and other elders in order to assert the tribe’s right to chart its own destiny.

It chokes out native plants, changes the water’s chemical balance and raises its temperature.

He says high-intensity fires help regrow dying populations by clearing brush that chokes young seedlings.