1. VERB | When you choke or when something chokes you, you cannot breathe properly or get enough air into your lungs.
- The coffee was almost too hot to swallow and made him choke for a moment.
- A small child could choke on the doll's hair.
- The girl choked to death after breathing in smoke.
- Within minutes the hall was full of choking smoke.
2. VERB | If someone suffocates or is suffocated, they die because there is no air for them to breathe.
- He either suffocated, or froze to death.
- They were suffocated as they slept.
3. VERB | To strangle someone means to kill them by squeezing their throat tightly so that they cannot breathe.
- He tried to strangle a border policeman and steal his gun. (= throttle)
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