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choke

verb

Synonyms and Antonyms of CHOKE

to keep (someone) from breathing by exerting pressure on the windpipe <let go of my throat—you're choking me!>

Synonyms garrote (or garotte), strangle, suffocate, throttle

Related Words asphyxiate, smother, stifle; scrag

Near Antonyms restore, resuscitate, revive

to experience complete or partial blockage of the windpipe <the recommended procedure for helping someone who is choking>

Synonyms gag, suffocate

Related Words heave, retch, throw up, vomit; asphyxiate, smother, stifle

Near Antonyms breathe, respire; expire, inspire

to be or cause to be killed by lack of breathable air <thick, black smoke choked the trapped firefighters>

Synonyms choke, stifle, strangle, suffocate

Related Words garrote (or garotte), throttle; asphyxiate; drown; croak [slang], destroy, dispatch, do in, fell, slay

Near Antonyms breathe, exhale, expire, inhale, inspire; resuscitate, revive

to prevent passage through by filling with something <overgrown bushes choked the narrow alleyway between the buildings>

Synonyms block, choke, clot, congest, dam, gum (up), jam, obstruct, occlude, plug (up), stop (up), stuff

Related Words bung, cork, spile, stopper, stopple; fill, gridlock, pack; fur, silt; flood, glut, inundate, overwhelm, swamp

Near Antonyms excavate, hollow (out), scoop (out); empty, lighten

Antonyms clear, free, open (up), unblock, unclog, unplug, unstop

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