1
: producing the feeling of strangulation
a choking cloud of smog
2
: indistinct in utterance
—used especially of a person's voice
a low choking laugh
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Much of Europe is looking at the skies with trepidation, wondering if the winds and weather will bring more choking heat, or hail or floods.
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New York Times, 13 Aug. 2021
None of this is to say that parents and political leaders need to whip up a moral panic about choking memes.
—Miles Klee, Rolling Stone, 23 Dec. 2022
Borrowing cost increases usually weigh on stocks, since the moves aim to slash inflation by slowing the economy and choking demand.
—Max Zahn, ABC News, 15 Dec. 2022
All these artists were keen on undoing the stifling prescriptions of modern art, high or low, entrenched within a mass media environment dependent on the choking proliferation of stereotypes and cliches.
—Christopher Knight, Los Angeles Times, 30 Nov. 2022
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New York Times, 13 Aug. 2021
None of this is to say that parents and political leaders need to whip up a moral panic about choking memes.
—Miles Klee, Rolling Stone, 23 Dec. 2022
Borrowing cost increases usually weigh on stocks, since the moves aim to slash inflation by slowing the economy and choking demand.
—Max Zahn, ABC News, 15 Dec. 2022
All these artists were keen on undoing the stifling prescriptions of modern art, high or low, entrenched within a mass media environment dependent on the choking proliferation of stereotypes and cliches.
—Christopher Knight, Los Angeles Times, 30 Nov. 2022
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“Choking.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/choking. Accessed 30 Dec. 2024.
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