Synonyms for choking
ˈtʃoʊ kɪŋchok·ing

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1. chokingnoun

   a condition caused by blocking the airways to the lungs (as with food or swelling of the larynx)

   Synonyms:
   throttling, strangulation, strangling

2. choking, strangling, strangulation, throttlingnoun

   the act of suffocating (someone) by constricting the windpipe

   "no evidence that the choking was done by the accused"

   Synonyms:
   throttling, strangulation, strangling

Matched Categories

1. • Disorder
   • Suffocation

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1. List of paraphrases for "choking":

   asphyxia, suffocating, asphyxiation, suffocation, strangling, stifling

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How to use choking in a sentence?

1. Aisha Al-Tilawi:

   We started choking, felt dizzy, then fainted. Mazin was trying to wake up his grandfather.

2. Vincent Minutello:

   No, but you cant do what youre doing, youre choking him, youre hanging your dog... Hes sitting there by his neck and he cant breathe, if you watch him.

3. Graeme Smith:

   It is certainly the first major breach of a provincial capital since 2001, they are choking the Afghan forces from all sides. It looks pretty grim.

4. Eric Nelson:

   I certainly don’t have medical degrees, but I was always trained and feel it’s a reasonable assumption that if somebody’s, ‘I’m choking, I’m choking,’ well, you’re not choking because you can breathe.

5. Pierre Boutros:

   This economic choking reached a point where it erupted, it's a miracle that we've made it this far.