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That chokes; producing the feeling of strangulation.

A coil of small resistance and large inductance, used in an alternating-current circuit to impede or throttle the current, or to change its phase; --called also reactance coil or reactor, these terms being now preferred in engineering usage.

nsy, malignant sore throat, croup, etc., especially such as tends to produce suffocation, choking, or shortness of breath. Angina pectoris, a peculiarly painful disease, so named from a sense of suffocating contraction or tightening of the lower part of the chest; -- called also breast pang, spasm of the chest.…

To be checked, as if by choking; to stick. The words choked in his throat. Sir W. Scott.

A mouthful that makes one retch; a choking bit; as, a gag of mutton fat. Lamb.

A filling or choking of a passage or channel by an obstruction; as, an ice gorge in a river.

A choking coil.

A choking coil.

A choking coil.

The act of suffocating, or the state of being suffocated; death caused by smothering or choking.