| NOUN | state | choking | a condition caused by blocking the airways to the lungs (as with food or swelling of the larynx) |
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| act | choking, strangling, strangulation, throttling | the act of suffocating (someone) by constricting the windpipe |
| Sounds | chow'kihng | |
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| Rhymes | abducting ... zoning: 2044 rhymes with ihng... | |
| Meaning | A condition caused by blocking the airways to the lungs (as with food or swelling of the larynx). | |
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| Broader | disorder, upset | A physical condition in which there is a disturbance of normal / normal functioning |
| Spanish | atragantamiento | |
| Verbs | choke | breathe with great difficulty, as when experiencing a strong emotion |
| choke | struggle / struggle for breath | |
| choke | impair the respiration of or obstruct the air passage of | |
| Meaning | The act of suffocating (someone) by constricting the windpipe. | |
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| Example | "no evidence that the choking was done by the accused" | |
| Synonyms | strangling, strangulation, throttling | |
| Broader | suffocation, asphyxiation | killing by depriving of oxygen |
| Spanish | estrangulación, estrangulamiento | |
| Catalan | escanyament, estrangulació | |
| Verbs | choke | constrict (someone's) throat and keep from breathing |
| choke | wring the neck of | |
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