choke

Become stultified, suppressed, or stifled.

Be too tight; rub or press.

Cause to retch or choke.

Constrict (someone's) throat and keep from breathing.

Breathe with great difficulty, as when experiencing a strong emotion.

“She choked with emotion when she spoke about her deceased husband”

Check or slow down the action or effect of.

“She choked her anger”

Fail to perform adequately due to tension or agitation.

“The team should have won hands down but choked, disappointing the coach and the audience”

Become or cause to become obstructed.

Wring the neck of.

“The man choked his opponent”

Pass from physical life and lose all bodily attributes and functions necessary to sustain life.

Impair the respiration of or obstruct the air passage of.

Struggle for breath; have insufficient oxygen intake.

Suppress the development, creativity, or imagination of.

Reduce the air supply.

“choke a carburetor”

A valve that controls the flow of air into the carburetor of a gasoline engine.

A coil of low resistance and high inductance used in electrical circuits to pass direct current and attenuate alternating current.