throttle

throttle

verb

Definition of THROTTLE

to keep (someone) from breathing by exerting pressure on the windpipe <I was so angry at what he was saying that I could have throttled him!>

Synonyms garrote (or garotte), strangle, suffocate, throttle

Related Words asphyxiate, smother, stifle; scrag

Near Antonyms restore, resuscitate, revive