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Synonyms for choking
The synonym for choking recorded in this bank is strangulation, in the sense "the act of suffocating (someone) by constricting the windpipe". Below it sits the sentence that fixes that meaning, the same sentence with the swap made, and the words that only look close.
The synonym for choking
- strangulationnoun, in the sense "the act of suffocating (someone) by constricting the windpipe"
One pair, read and signed off by a human before it shipped. The bank records a synonym per sense, so a second one appears here the day choking is audited in a second meaning.
the act of suffocating (someone) by constricting the windpipe
No evidence that the choking was done by the accused.
The true synonym
strangulation
Same sentence, swapped: No evidence that the strangulation was done by the accused.
Close but different
Distractors, not synonyms. This entry has no written reason line yet, so read them against the sentence and the sense above.
- contrary
- shaking
- thick
Where choking turns up in the game
choking is the word under test in one puzzle, at Tier 3, Ridgeline. It also sits on the board as one of the three wrong tiles in two other puzzles, where the answer is a different word entirely.
The puzzles where choking is the trap
- harshadjective, Tier 2, Treeline. The answer there is rough, in the sense "unkind or cruel or uncivil", with choking sitting one tile away.
- repressiveadjective, Tier 5, Summit. The answer there is inhibitory, in the sense "restrictive of action", with choking sitting one tile away.
Play choking
The bank on this page is the bank the game plays from, so choking reaches you as a board rather than a definition: the sentence first, four tiles, and the meaning after you choose.
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Neighbours by theme before neighbours by difficulty, because actions is the company choking keeps.
One vocabulary, two jobs
choking is an answer in 1 puzzle and a wrong tile in 2. That is how the bank is built, and it is why guessing by vibe stops working around tier three.