choking

English Thesaurus

1. the act of suffocating (someone) by constricting the windpipe (noun.act)

hypernym	:	asphyxiation, suffocation,
definition	:	killing by depriving of oxygen (noun.act)

2. a condition caused by blocking the airways to the lungs (as with food or swelling of the larynx) (noun.state)

hypernym	:	disorder, upset,
definition	:	a physical condition in which there is a disturbance of normal functioning (noun.state)

3. the act of suffocating (someone) by constricting the windpipe (noun.act)

derivation	:	choke, strangle,
definition	:	constrict (someone's) throat and keep from breathing (verb.body)

derivation	:	choke, scrag,
definition	:	wring the neck of (verb.contact)

derivation	:	strangle, strangulate, throttle,
definition	:	kill by squeezing the throat of so as to cut off the air (verb.contact)

4. a condition caused by blocking the airways to the lungs (as with food or swelling of the larynx) (noun.state)

derivation	:	choke,
definition	:	breathe with great difficulty, as when experiencing a strong emotion (verb.body)

derivation	:	choke, gag, strangle, suffocate,
definition	:	struggle for breath; have insufficient oxygen intake (verb.body)

derivation	:	asphyxiate, choke, stifle, suffocate,
definition	:	impair the respiration of or obstruct the air passage of (verb.contact)

5. the act of suffocating (someone) by constricting the windpipe (noun.act)

derivation	:	choke, strangle,
definition	:	constrict (someone's) throat and keep from breathing (verb.body)

derivation	:	choke, scrag,
definition	:	wring the neck of (verb.contact)

derivation	:	strangle, strangulate, throttle,
definition	:	kill by squeezing the throat of so as to cut off the air (verb.contact)

6. a condition caused by blocking the airways to the lungs (as with food or swelling of the larynx) (noun.state)

derivation	:	choke,
definition	:	breathe with great difficulty, as when experiencing a strong emotion (verb.body)

derivation	:	choke, gag, strangle, suffocate,
definition	:	struggle for breath; have insufficient oxygen intake (verb.body)

derivation	:	asphyxiate, choke, stifle, suffocate,
definition	:	impair the respiration of or obstruct the air passage of (verb.contact)