English-French translations for choke

choker
échouer
étouffer
Il ne faudrait pas l'étouffer par certaines des choses dont il est question ici, mais nous devons cependant aborder les questions relatives à la sécurité.We do not want to choke it off by some of the things that we are talking about. But we do need to address the security issues. Par ailleurs, le doublement de l'effort de consolidation fiscale que réclame cette analyse va étouffer toute possibilité de réaliser les objectifs du processus 2020. Also, the doubling of the fiscal consolidation effort called for in the survey is going to choke off any possibility of achieving the 2020 process goals. Avec nos débats et nos règlements, tout ce que nous essayons de faire est d'étouffer précisément cet esprit d'innovation, cet esprit d'entreprise, et c'est ce que nous avons encore fait aujourd'hui. By regulation and debate, what we seek to do is to choke off the very spirit of innovation, the very spirit of entrepreneurship, and we have continued to do that today.
juguler
mainmise
réduit

To be unable to breathe because of obstruction of the windpipe (for instance food or other objects that go down the wrong way, or fumes or particles in the air that cause the throat to constrict
To prevent from breathing or talking by strangling or filling the windpipe
To obstruct by filling it up or clogging it
To hinder or check, as growth, expansion, progress, etc.; to kill ; to extinguish (fire by robbing it of oxygen
To perform badly at a crucial stage of a competition because one is nervous, especially when one is winning
To move one's fingers very close to the tip of a pencil, brush or other art tool
To be checked or stopped, as if by choking
To check or stop as if by choking
To have a feeling of strangulation in one's throat as a result of passion or strong emotion
To give a feeling of strangulation as a result of passion or strong emotion
To say with one’s throat constricted (due to emotion, for example
To use the choke valve of to adjust the air/fuel mixture in the engine
To reach a condition of maximum flowrate, due to the flow at the narrowest point of the duct becoming sonic (Ma = 1
A control on a carburetor to adjust the air/fuel mixture when the engine is cold
A constriction at the muzzle end of a shotgun barrel which affects the spread of the shot
The mass of immature florets in the centre of the bud of an artichoke
A major mistake at a crucial stage of a competition because one is nervous, especially when one is winning

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