An event in which a colony of plants, algae, or bacteria becomes so widespread in a body of water that it draws enough oxygen out of the water to kill other inhabitants of that ecosystem, and eventually becomes unable to sustain itself.

plural of choking bloom

An electric coil of small resistance and large inductance, used in an alternating current circuit to impede or throttle the current, or to change its phase.

plural of choking coil

One can have too much of a good thing.

plural of chokecherry

plural of chokepoint

(martial arts, wrestling) A grappling hold around the neck that cuts off the flow of air to the brain. / (by extension) A strong and powerful grasp on something

to put in a chokehold

plural of chokehold