choking
noun
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- verb
- adjective
- adverb
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
a condition caused by blocking the airways to the lungs (as with food or swelling of the larynx)
Types & categories
- disorder hypernym
Related & opposite
Sense 2 noun
the act of suffocating (someone) by constricting the windpipe
no evidence that the choking was done by the accused
Types & categories
- suffocation hypernym
Related & opposite
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| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | choke |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | choke |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | suffocate |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | disorder |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | choke |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | scrag |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | strangle |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | suffocation |