Choking

Language: English
Pronunciation: chok-ing
Part of Speech: verb

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To be unable to breathe because of obstruction of the windpipe (for instance food or other objects that go down the wrong way, or fumes or particles in the air that cause the throat to constrict).

User Defined Definitions

"reduce the air supply"

"cause to retch or choke"

"breathe with great difficulty, as when experiencing a strong emotion"

"be too tight; rub or press"

"wring the neck of"

"struggle for breath; have insufficient oxygen intake"

"fail to perform adequately due to tension or agitation"

"check or slow down the action or effect of"

"become or cause to become obstructed"

"impair the respiration of or obstruct the air passage of"

"become stultified, suppressed, or stifled"

"suppress the development, creativity, or imagination of"

"pass from physical life and lose all bodily attributes and functions necessary to sustain life"

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