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1. (noun) choke, choke coil, choking coil
a coil of low resistance and high inductance used in electrical circuits to pass direct current and attenuate alternating current
Synonyms: choke coil, choking coil, choke

2. (verb) choke
a valve that controls the flow of air into the carburetor of a gasoline engine
Synonyms: choke coil, choking coil

3. (verb) choke
breathe with great difficulty, as when experiencing a strong emotion
Synonyms: go, perish, asphyxiate, drop dead, conk, croak, clog up, decease, gag, pass away, cash in one's chips, fret, congest, kick the bucket, throttle, give-up the ghost, clog, exit, choke off, pop off, buy the farm, pass, suffocate, die, foul, stifle, expire, snuff it, back up, strangle, scrag

4. (verb) choke, gag, fret
be too tight; rub or press
Synonyms: drop dead, strangle, pop off, gag, give-up the ghost, choke, foul, throttle, muzzle, cash in one's chips, fret, kick the bucket, expire, buy the farm, pass away, perish, croak, rub, clog, rankle, conk, eat away, asphyxiate, eat into, erode, clog up, back up, snuff it, decease, chafe, quip, go, scratch, heave, pass, choke off, fuss, die, suffocate, niggle, gall, exit, congest, scrag, grate, retch, stifle, fray

5. (verb) choke, scrag
wring the neck of
Synonyms: garrote, drop dead, strangle, pop off, gag, give-up the ghost, choke, foul, throttle, cash in one's chips, fret, kick the bucket, expire, buy the farm, pass away, perish, croak, clog, conk, asphyxiate, clog up, back up, snuff it, decease, go, pass, choke off, garotte, die, suffocate, exit, congest, scrag, garrotte, stifle

6. (verb) choke, strangle
constrict (someone's) throat and keep from breathing
Synonyms: drop dead, strangle, pop off, gag, give-up the ghost, choke, foul, throttle, repress, cash in one's chips, fret, kick the bucket, expire, halter, buy the farm, pass away, perish, croak, clog, conk, strangulate, asphyxiate, clog up, back up, snuff it, decease, hamper, go, pass, choke off, cramp, die, smother, suffocate, exit, congest, scrag, muffle, stifle

7. (verb) gag, choke, strangle, suffocate
struggle for breath; have insufficient oxygen intake
Synonyms: drop dead, strangle, pop off, gag, give-up the ghost, choke, foul, throttle, repress, muzzle, cash in one's chips, fret, kick the bucket, expire, halter, buy the farm, pass away, perish, croak, clog, conk, strangulate, asphyxiate, clog up, back up, snuff it, decease, quip, hamper, go, heave, pass, choke off, cramp, die, smother, suffocate, exit, congest, scrag, muffle, retch, stifle

8. (verb) choke
fail to perform adequately due to tension or agitation
Synonyms: go, perish, asphyxiate, drop dead, conk, croak, clog up, decease, gag, pass away, cash in one's chips, fret, congest, kick the bucket, throttle, give-up the ghost, clog, exit, choke off, pop off, buy the farm, pass, suffocate, die, foul, stifle, expire, snuff it, back up, strangle, scrag

9. (verb) choke
check or slow down the action or effect of
Synonyms: go, perish, asphyxiate, drop dead, conk, croak, clog up, decease, gag, pass away, cash in one's chips, fret, congest, kick the bucket, throttle, give-up the ghost, clog, exit, choke off, pop off, buy the farm, pass, suffocate, die, foul, stifle, expire, snuff it, back up, strangle, scrag

10. (verb) clog, choke off, clog up, back up, congest, choke, foul
become or cause to become obstructed
Synonyms: contaminate, drop dead, strangle, pop off, gag, buy the farm, give-up the ghost, clot, choke, foul, throttle, support, cash in one's chips, fret, befoul, kick the bucket, expire, choke off, back, pass away, perish, croak, clog, conk, asphyxiate, defile, clog up, back up, snuff it, decease, maculate, back down, go, choke down, constipate, pass, exit, back off, die, pollute, suffocate, overload, congest, scrag, stifle, choke back

11. (verb) suffocate, stifle, asphyxiate, choke
impair the respiration of or obstruct the air passage of
Synonyms: drop dead, strangle, pop off, gag, give-up the ghost, choke, foul, throttle, repress, cash in one's chips, fret, kick the bucket, expire, buy the farm, pass away, perish, croak, clog, conk, asphyxiate, clog up, back up, snuff it, decease, dampen, go, pass, choke off, die, smother, suffocate, exit, congest, scrag, muffle, stifle

12. (verb) suffocate, choke
become stultified, suppressed, or stifled
Synonyms: go, perish, asphyxiate, drop dead, conk, croak, clog up, decease, gag, pass away, cash in one's chips, fret, congest, kick the bucket, throttle, give-up the ghost, clog, exit, choke off, pop off, buy the farm, pass, suffocate, smother, die, choke, foul, stifle, expire, snuff it, back up, strangle, scrag

13. (verb) suffocate, choke
suppress the development, creativity, or imagination of
Synonyms: go, perish, asphyxiate, drop dead, conk, croak, clog up, decease, gag, pass away, cash in one's chips, fret, congest, kick the bucket, throttle, give-up the ghost, clog, exit, choke off, pop off, buy the farm, pass, suffocate, smother, die, choke, foul, stifle, expire, snuff it, back up, strangle, scrag

14. (verb) die, decease, perish, go, exit, pass away, expire, pass, kick the bucket, cash in one's chips, buy the farm, conk, give-up the ghost, drop dead, pop off, choke, croak, snuff it
pass from physical life and lose all bodily attributes and functions necessary to sustain life
Synonyms: fall, function, come about, perish, murmur, give way, elapse, hold out, pass out, run, go past, lead, top, give out, put across, go by, devolve, conk out, operate, cronk, travel, occur, last, die, scrag, fade, go away, excrete, reach, go, move, spend, rifle, slide by, asphyxiate, foul, breathe out, turn over, run low, die out, plump, legislate, happen, egest, fret, authorise, exceed, fleet, pass away, get out, drop dead, overstep, endure, give, draw, make it, congest, blend in, run short, pop off, get going, locomote, back up, choke off, expire, make pass, suffocate, grumble, slip away, authorize, live, return, cash in one's chips, kick the bucket, blend, go out, fail, fall out, hap, slip by, go on, sink, eliminate, lapse, belong, mutter, clog, pass off, give-up the ghost, go bad, become flat, survive, blow over, get, take place, gag, snuff it, overhaul, throttle, become, go through, evanesce, live on, communicate, hand, croak, clog up, run out, choke, swoon, fit, go across, sound, overtake, transcend, glide by, gnarl, exhale, extend, start, depart, decease, faint, stifle, pall, pass, proceed, break down, clear, exit, conk, stall, travel by, buy the farm, hold up, pass along, break, go along, surpass, guide, pass by, leave, strangle, work, pass on

15. (verb) choke, throttle
reduce the air supply
Synonyms: drop dead, strangle, pop off, gag, asphyxiate, give-up the ghost, choke, foul, throttle, die, fret, restrict, expire, buy the farm, pass away, perish, trammel, croak, clog, conk, strangulate, kick the bucket, clog up, back up, snuff it, decease, go, pass, choke off, confine, restrain, bound, suffocate, exit, congest, limit, scrag, cash in one's chips, stifle

16. (verb) gag, choke
cause to retch or choke
Synonyms: drop dead, strangle, pop off, gag, give-up the ghost, choke, foul, throttle, muzzle, cash in one's chips, fret, kick the bucket, expire, buy the farm, pass away, perish, croak, clog, conk, asphyxiate, clog up, back up, snuff it, decease, quip, go, heave, pass, choke off, die, suffocate, exit, congest, scrag, retch, stifle

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