 choking |
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| 1. | [ adjective ] causing difficulty in breathing especially through lack of fresh air and presence of heat | |
| Synonyms: | suffocating smothering suffocative | |
| Examples: | "the choking June dust" "the smothering soft voices" "smothering heat" "the room was suffocating--hot and airless" |
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| Related terms: | breathless | |
| 2. | [ noun ] (medicine) a condition caused by blocking the airways to the lungs (as with food or swelling of the larynx) | |
| Related terms: | disorder suffocate | |
| 3. | [ noun ] the act of suffocating by constricting the windpipe | |
| Synonyms: | strangulation throttling strangling | |
| Examples: | "no evidence that the choking was done by the accused" |
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| Related terms: | suffocation strangle choke choke | |
| Similar spelling: |
chu_kiang cooking Cookingham |
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