Russia needs the money merely to avoid defaulting on its existing foreign debt and choking off its access to credit for years to come.

That in turn led to the development of Avastin, the company's new cancer drug, which chokes off blood flow to tumors.

Avastin, the first drug to work by choking off the blood supply to tumors, has been considered a major advance.

Instead, he holds tight to his devices, choking off a vital flow of emotion to the final pages.

Mildred's practiced fingers located the arteries and choked off the supply of blood to the brain.

The tax cut will choke off revenue to the federal government, which is precisely what conservatives want it to do.

That has been accomplished by literally choking off the supply of air to the cars' V-8 engines.

In cancer, that chokes off the blood flow to tumors.

The effectiveness of efforts by the brand-name companies to choke off supplies to the online pharmacies is hard to judge.

It has been unfairly used to choke off access to the ballot.