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  • 21Choke setter — A choke setter or chokersetter is a logger who attaches cables to logs for retrieval by skidders or skylines. The work process involves the choke setter wrapping a special cable end (choker) around a log and then moving clear so the yarding… …

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  • 22choke — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. strangle, suffocate, garrote; stifle, obstruct, clog, jam, plug. See closure, killing. II (Roget s IV) v. 1. [To deprive of air] Syn. asphyxiate, strangle, strangulate, stifle, throttle, garrote,… …

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  • 23choke — 1. verb /ʧəʊk/ a) To be unable to breathe because of obstruction of the windpipe, for instance food or other objects that go down the wrong way. b) To prevent someone from breathing by strangling them. 2 …

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  • 24choke up — (Roget s IV) v. 1. [To be overcome with emotion] Syn. give way to one s feelings, weep, break down, become speechless; see cry 1 . 2. [To fail under pressure] Syn. falter, become confused, perform poorly; see fail 1 …

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  • 25choke off — (Roget s Thesaurus II) verb To bring to an end forcibly as if by imposing a heavy weight: crush, extinguish, put down, quash, quell, quench, squash, squelch, suppress. Idiom: put the lid on. See CONTINUE, WIN …

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  • 26choke — I. v. a. 1. Suffocate, stifle, smother, strangle, throttle. 2. Suppress, overpower, overcome, stifle, smother, keep down. 3. Obstruct, close, block, stop, bar. II. v. n. Be choked, strangle, suffocate …

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  • 27choke — v 1. strangle, strangulate, throttle, gar rote, bowstring, gibbet, hang; asphyxiate, suffocate, burke, smother, stifle; gag, retch, gasp. 2. clog, dam up, plug, stop, cork, seal; congest, constrict, close, shut, occlude; obstruct, block, blockade …

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  • 28stamp down — verb to put down by force or authority (Freq. 1) suppress a nascent uprising stamp down on littering conquer one s desires • Syn: ↑suppress, ↑inhibit, ↑subdue, ↑conquer, ↑ …

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  • 29Toys, Toys, Toys, Choke, Toys, Toys, Toys — Infobox Single Name = Toys, Toys, Toys, Choke, Toys, Toys, Toys Caption = Artist = Biffy Clyro from Album = The Vertigo of Bliss A side = Joy.Discovery.Invention B side = The Houses of Roofs All The Way Down (Chapter 2) Released = 15 July 2002… …

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  • 30Stare Down — Vocabulaire du combat libre Sommaire : Haut A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z A Achille hold : Mise en compression du talon d achille. Anaconda choke: Joli mo …

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