Choke

/t͡ʃəʊk/

Synonyms for "choke" (318 found)

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Closest matches (64)

accelerator arrest asphyxia asphyxiate asphyxiation auto automobile bake bang bar barricade battenbatten downbe in heatbe killedbind blaze blockblock upblockade

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bloomblow outboil bolt broil bung burke burking burn buttonbutton upcaulk charge chink chockchoke offchoke upchoking clap clogclog upcloseclose offclose tightclose upcollar combust

Verb(10 words)

asphyxiate asphyxiated asphyxiates asphyxiatingback upbuy the farmcash in one's chipschoke offclogclog up

Noun(7 words)

barrel constrictionblock blockage bottleneckchoke coilchoking coilclog

Strong matches (95)

congest constipate constrict contain contract cook cork cover cram crowdcut offcut shortdamdam updamp debar deny discourage dissuade dog

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douse drench drown drowning dumbfound extinguish famish fasten fillfill upflameflame upflareflare upflicker flood flush foldfold upfoul frustrate fry gag garotte garrote garrotte gasp generator glow glut gluttonize gorge heap hush hush-hush incandesce jam jam-pack key kill killing latchliver deathload locklock outlock up

Verb(19 words)

congest conkcrap upcroak decease diedrop deadexit expire foul fret gag garoted garotted garroted garrottedgive-up the ghostgokick the bucket

Noun(9 words)

constriction crottle falter gagging gags garote garrotes garrottes hesitate

Related words (159)

megadeath muffle muffler muzzle neckwear obstipate obstruct obviate occlude od out overburden overcharge overfeed overfill overlade overload overstuff overweight pack

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padlock pant parch parts pile plugplug upplumb prohibitput downput output to silencequash quell quench quiet quietenradiate heatrepress restrain roast satiate saturate scald scarf scorch sealseal offseal upsecure seetheserum deathshimmer with heatshush shutshut downshut down onshut offshut outshut the doorshut tightshut upsilence simmer slack slam smolder smother smotheration smothering snap snuffsnuff outsoaksoft pedalsoft-pedal spark spile squash squeezesqueeze shutsquelchstamp outstanchstand in the waystarvation starve stay steam stench stew stifle stifling still stopstop the breathstop upstopper stopple strangle strangling strangulate strangulationstrike dumbstuffstuff upsuffocate suffocation supercharge supersaturate suppress surcharge surfeit sweat swelter throttle throttling tie toasttrample outtrample underfootviolent deathwatery gravezip upzipper

Noun(14 words)

misperformmuzzle constrictionobstruct obstruction occlusionpinch pointrestrict restrictor stammer strangleholds strangles stutter throttle throttles

Verb(18 words)

passpass awayperishpop offscrag smothered smotherssnuff itstifle stifled stifles strangle strangled strangulates suffocate suffocated suffocates throttle

Adjective(2 words)

strangulated suffocating

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More general

43 entries

ache become blockbottle upbreathechange stateclose upcoilcommunication difficultycompact compress constrict contract dampen enrich

Showing 16 of 43 words.

More specific

15 entries

airway obstructionbronchial obstructioncarburetor chokedata bottleneckfull chokeimproved cylinderlaryngeal obstructionmisplaymissed shotmodified chokeprocess bottleneckstammering stutteringsystem bottleneckthrottle valve

Collocations

7 entries

carburetor chokechoke holdchoke pointchoke valveengine chokefirearm chokefull choke

Inflections

3 entries

choked chokes choking

Derivations

4 entries

choked choker chokes choking

similar

10 entries

breakbreak downconk outdie failgive outgive waygogo badsuffocate

Sample sentences

48 total sentences available.

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Carol couldn't choke back her tears.

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You have to pace yourself or you'll choke halfway through.

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Many old people choke to death while eating mochi.

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I'll choke the life out of him.

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