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To prevent passage through by filling with something
“Go often to the house of a friend, for weeds choke the unused path.”
To experience complete or partial blockage of the windpipe
“But, just hours after she left, Wainwright called emergency services in a panic, saying Joshua had choked on his own vomit and had stopped breathing.”
To be or cause to be killed by lack of breathable air
“The tilapia's numerous small bones can choke its predators, even the egret, which can swallow all other fish.”
To affect with a sense of strangulation by passion or strong feeling
To cause (a person or animal) to choke
“They choked him with his tie.”
Make narrower, especially by encircling pressure
Supply or fill to excess
To breathe hard, quickly, or with difficulty
To stop talking, to shut up
To go beyond the limit of
Make husky, squawking noise
To extinguish (a candle or flame)
Choke or retch
To play badly
To swallow in liquid form
To overwhelm with emotion
Manage to force into or through a narrow or restricted space
To draw out by force or with effort
To spread throughout
Inundate or submerge
Obligate to do something
Complete power or control over a person or situation
Reactance coil
A convulsive catching of breath
A large mouthful of liquid hastily drunk
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