| noun | a coil of low resistance and high inductance used in electrical circuits to pass direct current and attenuate alternating current |
| noun | a valve that controls the flow of air into the carburetor of a gasoline engine |
| verb | breathe with great difficulty, as when experiencing a strong emotion “She choked with emotion when she spoke about her deceased husband” |
| verb | be too tight; rub or press “This neckband is choking the cat” |
| verb | wring the neck of “The man choked his opponent” |
| verb | constrict (someone's) throat and keep from breathing |
| verb | struggle for breath; have insufficient oxygen intake “he swallowed a fishbone and gagged” |
| verb | fail to perform adequately due to tension or agitation “The team should have won hands down but choked, disappointing the coach and the audience” |
| verb | check or slow down the action or effect of “She choked her anger” |
| verb | become or cause to become obstructed “The leaves clog our drains in the Fall” |
| verb | impair the respiration of or obstruct the air passage of “The foul air was slowly suffocating the children” |
| verb | become stultified, suppressed, or stifled “He is suffocating--living at home with his aged parents in the small village” |
| verb | suppress the development, creativity, or imagination of “His job suffocated him” |
| verb | pass from physical life and lose all bodily attributes and functions necessary to sustain life “She died from cancer” |
| verb | reduce the air supply “choke a carburetor” |
| verb | cause to retch or choke |
| choke | verb | reduce the air supply |
| choking | noun | a condition caused by blocking the airways to the lungs (as with food or swelling of the larynx) |
| choker | noun | necklace that fits tightly around a woman's neck |
| scrag | noun | the lean end of a neck of veal |
| strangulation | noun | the condition of having respiration stopped by compression of the air passage |
| suffocative | adjective | causing difficulty in breathing especially through lack of fresh air and presence of heat |
| suffocation | noun | the condition of being deprived of oxygen (as by having breathing stopped) |
| clog | noun | any object that acts as a hindrance or obstruction |
| backup | noun | an accumulation caused by clogging or a stoppage |
| congestive | adjective | relating to or affected by an abnormal collection of blood or other fluid |
| congestion | noun | excessive crowding |
| asphyxiation | noun | the condition of being deprived of oxygen (as by having breathing stopped) |
| asphyxia | noun | a condition in which insufficient or no oxygen and carbon dioxide are exchanged on a ventilatory basis; caused by choking or drowning or electric shock or poison gas |
| death | noun | the event of dying or departure from life |
| Death | noun | the personification of death |
| decedent | noun | someone who is no longer alive |
| decease | noun | the event of dying or departure from life |
| going | noun | euphemistic expressions for death |
| exit | noun | euphemistic expressions for death |
| expiration | noun | euphemistic expressions for death |
| passing | noun | euphemistic expressions for death |
| choke | noun | a valve that controls the flow of air into the carburetor of a gasoline engine |
| throttle | noun | a pedal that controls the throttle valve |