Synonyms for choke
verb
To deprive of air
asphyxiate, strangle, strangulate, stifle, throttle, garrote, drown, overpower, noose, gibbet, smother, gag, grab by the throat, wring the neck, stop the breath, kill by suffocation, cut off one's air supply, suffocate; see also gag 1, kill 1.
To be deprived of air
strangle, gag, gasp, suffocate, be out of air, drown, burn out, die out, smother, throttle, die by asphyxiation; see also die 1.
See choke in Webster's New World Roget's A-Z Thesaurus II
verb
To interfere with or stop the normal breathing of, especially by constricting the windpipe:
strangle, throttle. See breathTo stop the breathing of:
asphyxiate, smother, stifle, suffocate. See breathTo hold (something requiring an outlet) in check.
Also used with back: burke, gag, hold back, hold down, hush (up), muffle, quench, repress, smother, squelch, stifle, strangle, suppress, throttle. (Informal) sit on (or upon). See restraintTo plug up something, as a hole, space, or container:
block, clog, close, congest, cork, fill, plug, stop. See fullTo be unsuccessful:
fail, fall through. (Informal) fall down, flop. (Slang) bomb. Idioms: fail of success, fall short. See thrive
phrasal verb choke offTo bring to an end forcibly as if by imposing a heavy weight:
crush, extinguish, put down, quash, quell, quench, squash, squelch, suppress. Idiom: put the lid on. See continue, win
noun
Something used to fill a hole, space, or container:
cork, fill, plug, stop, stopper. See full
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