choke synonyms

choke

v.

  1. To deprive of air

    asphyxiate, strangle, strangulate, stifle, throttle, garrote, drown, overpower, noose, gibbet, smother, gag, grab by the throat, wring the neck, stop the breath, kill by suffocation, cut off one's air supply, suffocate; see also gag 1, kill 1.

  2. To be deprived of air

    strangle, gag, gasp, suffocate, be out of air, drown, burn out, die out, smother, throttle, die by asphyxiation; see also die 1.

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