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Main Entry:
choke [chohk]
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: smother, block
Synonyms: asphyxiate, bar, check, clog, close, congest, constrict, dam, die, drown, fill, gag, garrote, gasp, gibbet, kill, noose, obstruct, occlude, overpower, retard, squeeze, stifle, stop, stopper, strangle, strangulate, stuff, stunt, suffocate, suppress, throttle, wring
Antonyms: release, unblock, unconstrict
Main Entry: gallows
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: place for hanging
Synonyms: gibbet, hanging, noose, potence, rope, scaffold
Example Sentences
  • Rembrandt made two drawings of the lifeless body attached to the gibbet.
  • The gibbet has only increased his glory and made him a martyr.
  • Finally, exasperated, the young boy's father answered by drawing a picture of a man on a gibbet.
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