What is another word for be choked?

Pronunciation: [biː t͡ʃˈə͡ʊkt] (IPA)

The phrase "be choked" refers to the experience of having blocked or restricted airflow in one's throat. There are several synonyms that can be used to describe this sensation, including suffocate, strangle, gasp for breath, wheeze, and feel tightness in the chest. Each of these words conveys a slightly different nuance, with "suffocate" emphasizing the feeling of being smothered, "strangle" highlighting the act of someone else deliberately preventing breathing, "gasp for breath" emphasizing the frantic attempt to inhale, "wheeze" suggesting a rasping or whistling sound, and "feel tightness in the chest" describing the physical sensation of constriction. Regardless of the word used, experiencing being choked can be a terrifying and life-threatening experience.

What are the hypernyms for Be choked?

A hypernym is a word with a broad meaning that encompasses more specific words called hyponyms.

Famous quotes with Be choked

  • We are not hungry... Why foist this food upon us? We don't want to be choked. We have enough.
    Robert Mugabe
  • I remember nothing of this, no ambulance rides, nothing. Nothing between switching out the bedside lamp and the sudden indignity of rebirth: the slaps, the brightness, the tubing, the speed, the urgent insistence that I be choked back into breathing life. I have felt so sorry for babies ever since.
    Stephen Fry
  • To be choked with hate May well be of all evil chances chief. If there’s no hatred in a mind Assault and battery of the wind Can never tear the linnet from the leaf.
    William Butler Yeats

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