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(noun) choke coil, choking coil
a coil of low resistance and high inductance used in electrical circuits to pass direct current and attenuate alternating current
(verb) gag
cause to retch or choke
(verb) gag, suffocate, strangle
struggle for breath; have insufficient oxygen intake
he swallowed a fishbone and gagged
(verb) strangle
constrict (someone's) throat and keep from breathing
(verb) throttle
reduce the air supply
choke a carburetor
(verb) snuff it, buy the farm, cash in one's chips, pop off, kick the bucket, give-up the ghost, go, pass, pass away, perish, die, decease, conk, drop dead, croak, exit, expire
pass from physical life and lose all bodily attributes and functions necessary to sustain life
She died from cancer; The children perished in the fire; The patient went peacefully; The old guy kicked the bucket at the age of 102
(verb) suffocate
suppress the development, creativity, or imagination of
His job suffocated him
(verb) suffocate
become stultified, suppressed, or stifled
He is suffocating--living at home with his aged parents in the small village
(verb) stifle, suffocate, asphyxiate
impair the respiration of or obstruct the air passage of
The foul air was slowly suffocating the children
(verb) clog, clog up, choke off, congest, foul, back up
become or cause to become obstructed
The leaves clog our drains in the Fall; The water pipe is backed up
be too tight; rub or press
This neckband is choking the cat
(verb) scrag
wring the neck of
The man choked his opponent