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würgen (v.t.)
   to choke, strangle, throttle; choke down (hinunterwürgen)
würgen (v.i.)
   to choke (on), gulp, suffocate; heave, retch, throw up

„Ich könnte ihn würgen“, wetterte SVS-Trainer Karsten Wettberg über seinen Spieler Christian Pollinger.
"I could strangle him," swore SVS coach Karsten Wettberg about his player Christian Pollinger.
Ich spürte ein Würgen im Hals.
I felt like I was going to be sick/throw up.
Hohe Staatsschulden würgen Wachstum ab‎.
High national debt stalls (chokes off) growth.

Related:
abwürgen (v.t.) to stall, choke off; nip in the bud
Würg! (interj.) Gag! Ugh!
der Würger/die Würgerin strangler
das Würgen gagging, choking; retching
an etw würgen to choke on sth
mit Hängen und Würgen by the skin of one's teeth, in a close call

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