choking

adj : causing difficulty in breathing especially through lack of

fresh air and presence of heat; "the choking June

dust"; "the smothering soft voices"; "smothering heat";

"the room was suffocating--hot and airless" [syn: {smothering},

{suffocating}, {suffocative}]

n 1: a condition caused by blocking the airways to the lungs (as

with food or swelling of the larynx)

2: the act of suffocating by constricting the windpipe; "no

evidence that the choking was done by the accused" [syn: {strangling},

{strangulation}, {throttling}]