Choking and Start

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Choking noun - A condition caused by blocking the airways to the lungs (as with food or swelling of the larynx).

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Start is an antonym for choking in smother topic.

Nearby Words: choke, choked, choky, choker

Start verb - To move suddenly and sharply (as in surprise).

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Choking is an antonym for start.

Nearby Words: started, startled, starting, starter, startup

Start of Darkness: Anakin converts, force-choking the students. Massacre.

Source: Web Original / Stars In Black
The massacre of adults of Gatlin in Children of the Corn (1984) starts when some diner patrons start choking from their poisoned coffee.

Source: Tampering with Food and Drink
As he's been suffering from PTSD and developed a tendency to freak out and start choking his partners during sex, he's not at all sure he didn't kill her.

Source: The Murder After

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