choking
1. a condition caused by blocking the airways to the lungs (as with food or swelling of the larynx)
• Derivationally related forms:
choke
• Hypernyms:
disorder, upset
2. the act of suffocating (someone) by constricting the windpipe
- no evidence that the choking was done by the accused
• Syn:
strangling, strangulation, throttling
• Derivationally related forms:
throttle (for: throttling), strangulate (for: strangulation), strangle (for: strangulation), strangle (for: strangling), choke
• Hypernyms:
suffocation, asphyxiation
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