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impair the respiration of or obstruct the air passage of; "The foul air was slowly suffocating the children"

a valve that controls the flow of air into the carburetor of a gasoline engine

a coil of low resistance and high inductance used in electrical circuits to pass direct current and attenuate alternating current

breathe with great difficulty, as when experiencing a strong emotion; "She choked with emotion when she spoke about her deceased husband"

wring the neck of; "The man choked his opponent"

become stultified, suppressed, or stifled; "He is suffocating--living at home with his aged parents in the small village"

reduce the air supply; "choke a carburetor"

die; "The old man finally kicked the bucket"

check or slow down the action or effect of; "She choked her anger"

impair the respiration of or obstruct the air passage of; "The foul air was slowly suffocating the children"

die (colloquial); "The old man finally kicked the bucket"

a valve that controls the flow of air into the carburetor of a gasoline engine

a coil of low resistance and high inductance used in electrical circuits to pass direct current and attenuate alternating current

breathe with great difficulty, as when experiencing a strong emotion; "She choked with emotion when she spoke about her deceased husband"

wring the neck of; "The man choked his opponent"

become stultified, suppressed, or stifled; "He is suffocating--living at home with his aged parents in the small village"

To render unable to breathe by filling, pressing upon, or squeezing the windpipe; to stifle; to suffocate; to strangle.

To obstruct by filling up or clogging any passage; to block up.

To hinder or check, as growth, expansion, progress, etc.; to stifle.

To affect with a sense of strangulation by passion or strong feeling.

To make a choke, as in a cartridge, or in the bore of the barrel of a shotgun.

To have the windpipe stopped; to have a spasm of the throat, caused by stoppage or irritation of the windpipe; to be strangled.

To be checked, as if by choking; to stick.

A stoppage or irritation of the windpipe, producing the feeling of strangulation.

The tied end of a cartridge.

A constriction in the bore of a shotgun, case of a rocket, etc.

To render unable to breathe by filling, pressing upon, or squeezing the windpipe; to stifle; to suffocate; to strangle.

To obstruct by filling up or clogging any passage; to block up.

To hinder or check, as growth, expansion, progress, etc.; to stifle.

To affect with a sense of strangulation by passion or strong feeling.

To make a choke, as in a cartridge, or in the bore of the barrel of a shotgun.

To have the windpipe stopped; to have a spasm of the throat, caused by stoppage or irritation of the windpipe; to be strangled.

To be checked, as if by choking; to stick.

A stoppage or irritation of the windpipe, producing the feeling of strangulation.

The tied end of a cartridge.

A constriction in the bore of a shotgun, case of a rocket, etc.

To stop the breath of by closing the windpipe; to stifle, strangle, or suffocate; block up.

To become suffocated; to become clogged.

The act or sound of strangling, etc.

To prevent respiration by compression or obstruction of the larynx or trachea.

To be choked or obstructed.

To suffocate; to obstruct.

The act of choking.

The capillary part of an artichoke.

To block or compress the windpipe so as to stop the passage of the breath; to stop by filling; to stifle; to obstruct; to offend.

To have the windpipe stopped; to stick; to be offended.

To stop the passage of the breath by filling the windpipe with some body, or by compressing or squeezing the throat; to smother or suffocate; to obstruct or block up; to hinder.

The filamentous or capillary part of an artichoke.