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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

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How to use choking in a sentence?

  1. Pedro Hernandez:

    I wanted to let go, I just couldn't let go. I felt like something just took over me, and I was choking him.

  2. Jennette McCurdy:

    … I could have died, choking on my own vomit.

  3. Patricia Roque:

    He started hurting my mom by physically choking her and strangling her, he was about to hit her but thankfully my mom deflected the hit, but it hit her chest instead of her face.

  4. Pedro Hernandez:

    Something just took over me, and I was just choking him, he just kind of stood there, and I just felt bad, what I did.

  5. Ronan Farrow:

    This is an individual who was a very public champion of women's rights, who in fact introduced anti-choking legislation, and he was, according to multiple women in this story, choking them, among other things.


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