choke out vs nix

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. 

nix

verb
  • To destroy or eradicate. 

  • To make something become nothing; to reject or cancel. 

noun
  • Nothing. 

  • A treacherous water-spirit; a nixie. 

intj
  • No! Not at all! 

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