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. Photographer Chris Morris:

   I stepped 18 inches out of the (press) pen and then he grabbed me by the neck and started choking me and then he slammed me to the ground.

2. Rinesha Moore:

   He pushed me into the fishbowl and he did it with his two hands and he literally started choking and strangling me, like I barely could breathe, he said 'Don’t disrespect my store' as he was choking me.

3. Aisha Al-Tilawi:

   Entire families were killed. we started choking, felt dizzy, then fainted. Mazin was trying to wake up his grandfather.

4. Rashida Bee:

   We woke up with our eyes and throats burning. My young son was screaming, 'Who has burned so many chillies?' He was gasping and choking at the same time, we had no idea what had happened until our neighbor came and told us to leave because of the gas leak.

5. Leo Tolstoy:

   I sit on a man's back, choking him and making him carry me, and yet assure myself and others that I am very sorry for him and wish to ease his lot by all possible means -- except by getting off his back.