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. 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.

2. Mike Breard:

   It's like if you take a coke bottle and shake it up and all the drink fizzles up. But if you don't shake it up, you end up getting more to drink - choking has the same effect.

3. Rahul Kariya:

   He was making sound like he was choking on something, his left hand became stiff and his lips quivered.

4. 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.

5. Pierre Boutros:

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