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Choking

nounverified·updated May 18, 2026

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

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the act of suffocating (someone) by constricting the windpipe

Classifications

Entity Type

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Sensitivity

unclassified

Information Class

unclassified

Variants

synonym
stranglingstrangulationthrottling
plural
Chokings
possessive
Choking's
pluralpossessive
Chokings'