People were choking on the gas.
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Choking
//ˈtʃəʊkɪŋ//
Synonyms for "choking" (142 found)
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inhibitiveinterruptinginterruptivejamkillingliquidationlispingliver deathmegadeathmispronouncedmuzzynasalnauseatednegationnullificationobstacleobstipationobstructingobstructionobstructive
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Adjective(3 words)
Noun(3 words)
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16 translations across 7 languages.
Czech
1 entries- dušení noun (obstruction of the flow of air into the lungs)
Danish
1 entries- kvælning noun (obstruction of the flow of air into the lungs)
Finnish
1 entries- tukehtuminen noun (obstruction of the flow of air into the lungs)
German
4 entries- Erdrosseln noun (act of strangulation to death)
- Ersticken noun (obstruction of the flow of air into the lungs)
- Erstickung noun (obstruction of the flow of air into the lungs)
- Erwürgen noun (act of strangulation to death)
Greek
2 entries- πνίξιμο noun (obstruction of the flow of air into the lungs)
- πνιγμονή noun (obstruction of the flow of air into the lungs)
Spanish
1 entries- ahogo noun (obstruction of the flow of air into the lungs)
Tagalog
2 entries- balariid noun (obstruction of the flow of air into the lungs)
- pagkabalariid noun (obstruction of the flow of air into the lungs)
Sample sentences
20 total sentences available.
She can't talk about her mother without choking up.
Source: tatoeba (316955)
Let me go. You're choking me.
Source: tatoeba (320990)
See how Lenny can swallow an entire hot dog without chewing or choking? That's why upper management loves him so much.
Source: tatoeba (878278)
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