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To be unable to breathe because of obstruction of the windpipe (for instance food or other objects that go down the wrong way, or fumes or particles in the air that cause the throat to constrict).

Example: Ever since he choked on a bone, he has refused to eat fish.

To prevent (someone) from breathing or talking by strangling or filling the windpipe.

Example: The collar of this shirt is too tight; it’s choking me.

To obstruct (a passage, etc.) by filling it up or clogging it.

Example: to choke a cave passage with boulders and mud

To hinder or check, as growth, expansion, progress, etc.; to kill (a plant by robbing it of nutrients); to extinguish (fire by robbing it of oxygen).

Having been unable to breathe due to airway obstruction (choking) or strangulation, but usually to the point of pain and discomfort without death.

Blocked or obstructed by thick material, often plant growth.