Choking
Related Definitions
[n] the act of suffocating (someone) by constricting the windpipe; "no evidence that the choking was done by the accused"
[n] a condition caused by blocking the airways to the lungs (as with food or swelling of the larynx)
[adj] causing difficulty in breathing especially through lack of fresh air and presence of heat; "the choking June dust"; "the smothering soft voices"; "smothering heat"; "the room was suffocating--hot and airless"
Synonyms
breathless, dyspneal, dyspneic, dyspnoeal, dyspnoeic, smothering, strangling, strangulation, suffocating, suffocative, throttling
Related Terms
abolishment, abolition, annihilation, annulment, asphyxia, asphyxiation, bar, barrier, blank wall, blind alley, blind gut, block, blockade, blockage, blurred, bottleneck, breathy, burking, burning out, burnout, cecum, choke, choked, choking off, clog, con