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choke

Definition

  • verb: to become unable to breathe usually because something gets stuck in your throat or because the air is not good for breathing
  • verb: to check or block normal breathing of by compressing or obstructing the trachea or by poisoning or adulterating available air
  • often + 'out'
  • synonyms: stifle, stick, repress

Examples

  • A growth on the artery wall is 'choking off' the blood supply.

  • He was 'choking back tears' as he talked about his late wife.

  • She 'choked' to death. = She died by 'choking'.

Movie quotes

  • (..) I won't go that easy. As long as I live, I'll claw at you. And if I die, I'll drag you beneath the ground beside me! With the last of me, I'll choke the life from you! No. I'll make myself whole again, I swear, and when I do, I'll kill you! - No more killing. - You did this to me! (..)
    2016 Ben-Hur