Synonyms:
choking, strangling, strangulation, throttling
Meaning: the act of suffocating (someone) by constricting the windpipe; "no evidence that the choking was done by the accused"
Synonyms:
choking
Meaning: a condition caused by blocking the airways to the lungs (as with food or swelling of the larynx)
Usage examples
A choking growl echoed behind him.
He came up choking, then pretended to go down again.
Major Flint gave a loud, choking guffaw and beat his fat leg.
It seemed to him as if the beating of his heart was choking him.
They had a rough and tumble scrimmage in the cold water, coming out choking, dripping and laughing.
She felt miserable, insulted, and choking with hate as she listened to her husband's heavy footsteps.
I cannot run, for, if I attempt it, I am in a moment unable even to walk--from palpitation and choking.
Then there had been an awful moment of groping through the blinding, choking smoke, trying to find a way out.
Then the sailor let go his hold and the King staggered to a seat, choking and coughing to get his breath back.
"But they wouldn't if it hadn't been for----" Choking, as he realized what he had so nearly said, Hooker bit his tongue.