choking
has definitions from the field of medicine
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[ adjective ] causing difficulty in breathing especially through lack of fresh air and presence of heat
Synonyms Examples "the choking June dust" "the smothering soft voices" "smothering heat" "the room was suffocating--hot and airless" Used in print (Stephen Longstreet, Eagles Where I Walk....)The road seemed animated with a few more wagons than usual ; a carriage raising_up the choking June dust , and beyond , in a meadow , a local militia company drilling with muskets , Kentuck ' rifles , every kind of horse pistol , old sword , or cutlass . Related terms |
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[ noun ] the act of suffocating by constricting the windpipe
Synonyms Examples "no evidence that the choking was done by the accused" Related terms |
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