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All choking synonyms

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noun choking

  • asphyxiation — Asphyxiation is a lack of oxygen in blood, which causes suffocation.
  • astringency — An astringent taste.
  • suffocation — to kill by preventing the access of air to the blood through the lungs or analogous organs, as gills; strangle.
  • stenosis — a narrowing or stricture of a passage or vessel.
  • interference — an act, fact, or instance of interfering.
  • strangulation — Pathology, Surgery. to compress or constrict (a duct, intestine, vessel, etc.) so as to prevent circulation or suppress function.
  • constriction — Constrictions are rules or factors which limit what you can do and prevent you from doing what you want to do.
  • overtight — firmly or closely fixed in place; not easily moved; secure: a tight knot.
  • meddlesome — given to meddling; interfering; intrusive.
  • interposition — the act or fact of interposing or the condition of being interposed.
  • stricture — a remark or comment, especially an adverse criticism: The reviewer made several strictures upon the author's style.
  • asphyxia — Asphyxia is death or loss of consciousness caused by being unable to breathe properly.

adjective choking

  • asthmatic — People who suffer from asthma are sometimes referred to as asthmatics.
  • short-winded — short of breath; liable to difficulty in breathing.
  • tight — firmly or closely fixed in place; not easily moved; secure: a tight knot.
  • skintight — fitting almost as tightly as skin: skintight trousers.
  • watertight — constructed or fitted so tightly as to be impervious to water: The ship had six watertight compartments.
  • hermetically sealed — airtight
  • acrid — An acrid smell or taste is strong and sharp, and usually unpleasant.
  • breathless — If you are breathless, you have difficulty in breathing properly, for example because you have been running or because you are afraid or excited.
  • proofer — evidence sufficient to establish a thing as true, or to produce belief in its truth.
  • stertorous — characterized by stertor or heavy snoring.
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