Words Like CHOKING

We have put together a list of words that are similar to CHOKING.

7 Alternative Words Similar to choking

1 Strangling Noun      Synonym Words Like Strangling
2 Strangulation Noun      Synonym Words Like Strangulation
3 Throttling Noun      Synonym Words Like Throttling
4 Asphyxiation Noun      Synonym Words Like Asphyxiation
5 Disorder Noun      Synonym Words Like Disorder
6 Suffocation Noun      Synonym Words Like Suffocation
7 Upset Noun      Synonym Words Like Upset

10 definitions of choking

1 That chokes; producing the feeling of strangulation.
2 Indistinct in utterance, as the voice of a person affected with strong emotion.
3 a condition caused by blocking the airways to the lungs (as with food or swelling of the larynx)
4 the act of suffocating (someone) by constricting the windpipe
5 Causing a feeling of being choked or suffocated: The hall was filled with choking clouds of smoke.
6 Having a strained or husky sound: spoke in a choking voice.
7 Causing suffocation; tending to choke or suffocate.
8 Obstructed or indistinct in utterance; gasping: as, to speak with a choking voice.
9 The process in which a person's airway becomes blocked, resulting in asphyxia in cases that are not treated promptly.
10 The act of coughing when a foreign object (i.e. food, beverages) becomes lodged in a person's airway.
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