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as in throttled
to keep (someone) from breathing by exerting pressure on the windpipe
let go of my throat—you're choking me!
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as in drowned
to be or cause to be killed by lack of breathable air
thick, black smoke choked the trapped firefighters
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as in blocked
to prevent passage through by filling with something
overgrown bushes choked the narrow alleyway between the buildings
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Recent Examples of choked
Alayna Treene, CNN Money, 30 May 2026
San Franciscans who think Muni buses are always packed, or prone to crawl along choked streets, may find their views validated in a new slide presentation released by the Municipal Transportation Agency.
—Rachel Swan, San Francisco Chronicle, 6 Jan. 2026
Pamela Avila, CNN Money, 18 June 2026
The woman who survived the rape described in a jury trial how Mystikal, whose real name is Michael Lawrence Tyler, had punched, choked, and forcibly raped her at his home near Baton Rouge, according to local TV station WBRZ.
—Jazz Monroe, Pitchfork, 17 June 2026
Much of the debt is long-term, legacy obligations, including a tsunami of debt CPS took on when political gridlock in Springfield from 2015 to 2017 choked regular state funding.
—Joe Ferguson, Chicago Tribune, 15 June 2026
Green Bay then choked away a 21-3 halftime lead and a 21-6 advantage after three quarters in an eventual 31-27 loss to Chicago in the Wild Card round.
—Rob Reischel, Forbes.com, 12 June 2026
The petition, which was granted by a federal judge, cited reports alleging that guards at the facility choked and asphyxiated Campos.
—Armando Garcia, ABC News, 10 June 2026
Within days, Topanga Creek was choked with mud.
—Lila Seidman, Los Angeles Times, 9 June 2026
But perhaps greed choked on its own tail.
—Dieter Kurtenbach, Mercury News, 9 June 2026
The spring choked on its own waters.
—Literary Hub, 9 June 2026
Adjective
Baghaei said the future of the choked Strait of Hormuz will depend on the countries of Oman and Iran, as both nations have a plan to manage passage through the waterway.
—Alayna Treene, CNN Money, 30 May 2026
San Franciscans who think Muni buses are always packed, or prone to crawl along choked streets, may find their views validated in a new slide presentation released by the Municipal Transportation Agency.
—Rachel Swan, San Francisco Chronicle, 6 Jan. 2026
Verb
Pinkas said that before the war, Iran was isolated under sanctions that choked its oil exports, dealing blows to its economy.
—Pamela Avila, CNN Money, 18 June 2026
The woman who survived the rape described in a jury trial how Mystikal, whose real name is Michael Lawrence Tyler, had punched, choked, and forcibly raped her at his home near Baton Rouge, according to local TV station WBRZ.
—Jazz Monroe, Pitchfork, 17 June 2026
Much of the debt is long-term, legacy obligations, including a tsunami of debt CPS took on when political gridlock in Springfield from 2015 to 2017 choked regular state funding.
—Joe Ferguson, Chicago Tribune, 15 June 2026
Green Bay then choked away a 21-3 halftime lead and a 21-6 advantage after three quarters in an eventual 31-27 loss to Chicago in the Wild Card round.
—Rob Reischel, Forbes.com, 12 June 2026
The petition, which was granted by a federal judge, cited reports alleging that guards at the facility choked and asphyxiated Campos.
—Armando Garcia, ABC News, 10 June 2026
Within days, Topanga Creek was choked with mud.
—Lila Seidman, Los Angeles Times, 9 June 2026
But perhaps greed choked on its own tail.
—Dieter Kurtenbach, Mercury News, 9 June 2026
The spring choked on its own waters.
—Literary Hub, 9 June 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for choked
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Austin Nieves, a recent transplant to the area and the man who had brought this brave group together, broke the strained silence by handing out beers.—
Andrew J. Campa,
Los Angeles Times,
19 June 2026
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Dani provides the voiceover, filled with strained metaphors about earthquakes and sermons on the importance of summer, but the pretense that the dialogue is taken from his interrogation is quickly abandoned.—
Alison Herman,
Variety,
19 June 2026
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An autopsy determined Wilton was strangled, stabbed multiple times and suffered from blunt-force trauma to the head and face.—
DeJanay Booth-Singleton,
CBS News,
15 June 2026
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Jurors deliberated for a week before voting to convict 48-year-old Francesca Lopez in the death of Felipe Lopez-Custodio, who was clubbed to death with a piece of scrap wood and strangled with a cord inside his apartment on Jacqueline Way in Concord.—
Nate Gartrell,
Mercury News,
10 June 2026
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But Zealand touted that fewer people taking the drug vomited than those in the placebo group.—
Angelica Peebles,
CNBC,
13 June 2026
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Geoff Howarth, a former New Zealand captain unused to such lavish fare, once vomited on the field shortly after a particularly leaden lunch.—
Nick Miller,
New York Times,
6 June 2026
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Then in September, floods drowned islanders living in Clarendon and submerged what was left of the banana harvest.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
16 June 2026
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Two former Wheaton College football players drowned while swimming in Lake Michigan in western Michigan over the weekend.—
Todd Feurer,
CBS News,
16 June 2026
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Some lenses filtered only a small fraction of blue light, while others blocked substantially more, sometimes at the cost of altering color perception.—
Samantha Agate,
Miami Herald,
13 June 2026
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World blocked a running knee and hit Blue with a suplex.—
Ryan Gaydos,
FOXNews.com,
13 June 2026
Adjective
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Never soak leather or put it in the washing machine, which can result in dry, cracked, misshapen gloves that end up in the trash.—
Brandee Gruener,
Southern Living,
8 June 2026
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Late Saturday, the crews entered the facility to make a visual examination of the cracked container, which officials believed was holding 7,000 liquid gallons of methyl methacrylate, a chemical that is routinely used to make plastic.—
Meg James,
Los Angeles Times,
25 May 2026
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Iran's blockade of the strait, which carried about 20% of the world's oil supply before the war, has throttled traffic through the critical oil shipping channel, driving up fuel prices and threatening the global economy.—
Bart Jansen,
USA Today,
13 June 2026
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The Iran war has throttled traffic through the Strait of Hormuz, disrupting energy and raw material flows.—
Anniek Bao,
CNBC,
10 June 2026
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Both girls had been suffocated to death.—
James Queally,
Los Angeles Times,
17 June 2026
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So Help Me God’s songs unfurl across five, seven, and even eight minutes, speaking on the perils of not knowing oneself, feeling suffocated by a dead-end relationship, and coaxing out the will to do better.—
Kiana Mickles,
Pitchfork,
15 June 2026
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“Choked.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/choked. Accessed 21 Jun. 2026.
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