choke out vs decimate

choke out

verb
  • To destroy (something) by depriving it of a vital resource. 

  • To cause (a person) to lose consciousness by applying a chokehold. 

  • To say (something) with difficulty, while or as if choking. 

  • To extinguish (fire) (by depriving it of oxygen or fuel). 

  • To prevent (light) from passing through. 

  • To prevent (something) from growing by overwhelming it or robbing it of nutrients. 

decimate

verb
  • To devastate: to reduce or destroy significantly but not completely. 

  • To replace a high-resolution model with another of lower but acceptable quality. 

  • To reduce to one-tenth: to destroy or remove nine-tenths of anything. 

  • To destroy or remove one-tenth of anything. 

How often have the words choke out and decimate occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )