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- let go of my throat—you're choking me!
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- the recommended procedure for helping someone who is choking
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- thick, black smoke choked the trapped firefighters
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- garroting
- (or garotting),
- throttling
- croaking
- [slang],
- destroying,
- dispatching,
- doing in,
- felling,
- slaying
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- overgrown bushes choked the narrow alleyway between the buildings
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“Choking.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/choking. Accessed 10 Aug. 2022.
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The first known use of choking was in 1556
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