choked out
Cut off air
Choked out describes someone rendered unconscious by strangulation or a chokehold, typically in combat sports or self-defense: The fighter got choked out in the second round.
It can also mean overwhelmed or crowded out: Native plants were choked out by invasive species.
In engines, choked out refers to stalling from an overly rich fuel mixture.
- strangledKilled by throat compression
- suffocatedKilled by airlessness
- airGaseous envelope surrounding Earth
- holdMaintain in grasp
- blackoutComplete power loss
tight · smothered · stifled · breathless · grip · throat · unconscious · gasp · MMA · subdued · sleeper hold · blocked · cut off · submission · silenced · repressed · crush · restricted
consciousness outcome
choked outescaped
Got away from confinement
fought off · survived · came to · woke up · defended
method of incapacitation
choked outknocked out
Rendered unconscious by impact
KO'd · punched out · knockout punch · struck down · kicked out