choked (back)

verb

past tense of choke (back)
as in stifled
to refrain from openly showing or uttering choked back a sarcastic reply to an insulting question

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  1. stifled
  2. suppressed
  3. swallowed
  4. held back
Verb
  • With good pitching come easier games, better matchups, and stifled hitters.
    — OutKick, FOXNews.com, 18 Oct. 2026
  • How often are the voices of people coming home from prison stifled?
    — Sean Krofssik, Hartford Courant, 18 Oct. 2026
Definition of stifled
Verb
  • The workers organized a strike, but their efforts were brutally suppressed.
    — Justin Chang, New Yorker, 23 Oct. 2026
  • For 15 years multiple rounds of quantitative easing kept yields suppressed below 3% and often even close to zero, returns which are hardly competitive with stocks.
    — Justin Zacks, CNBC, 23 Oct. 2026
Definition of suppressed
Verb
  • The industry swallowed her whole, and Mama G is trying to protect him from suffering the same fate.
    — Angel Diaz, Billboard, 27 Oct. 2026
  • There is no answer to be found in this story, no magic pill, pleasingly round, to be halved or crushed, then swallowed.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 26 Oct. 2026
Definition of swallowed
Verb
  • Congressional challenges and a lawsuit are casting doubts on the DOJ's claims and demanding the release of more documents that were held back.
    — Daniel Ruetenik, CBS News, 28 Oct. 2026
  • However, its color E Ink screen is held back by the same limitations as the Colorsoft’s.
    — Will Greenwald, PC Magazine, 28 Oct. 2026
Definition of held back
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“Choked (back).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/choked%20%28back%29. Accessed 1 Nov. 2026.

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