as in choked
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!
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Recent Examples of throttled
Head coach DeShaun Foster did not have many answers for why UCLA got throttled 35-10 at home by New Mexico on Friday night.
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Manny Navarro, New York Times, 13 Sep. 2025
The New Orleans Saints throttled the Panthers, 47-10, last year before going 5-12 on the campaign and firing then-head coach Dennis Allen in the middle of the season.
—Diamond Vences, Charlotte Observer, 10 Sep. 2025
Executives canceled projects, throttled budgets and moved production overseas.
—Katie Kilkenny, HollywoodReporter, 4 Sep. 2025
Economic development is throttled.
—Sivan Yaari, Forbes.com, 3 Sep. 2025
The Ducks last year were throttled by eventual national champion Ohio State—the biggest-spending school in America—in the Rose Bowl back in January.
—Jason Clinkscales, Sportico.com, 2 Sep. 2025
At the end of almost 4 billion years, on a planet bereft of complex life, the Earth had been suddenly throttled by the most extreme convulsions of the carbon cycle in its entire history.
—Peter Brannen
august 28, Literary Hub, 28 Aug. 2025
Manny Navarro, New York Times, 13 Sep. 2025
The New Orleans Saints throttled the Panthers, 47-10, last year before going 5-12 on the campaign and firing then-head coach Dennis Allen in the middle of the season.
—Diamond Vences, Charlotte Observer, 10 Sep. 2025
Executives canceled projects, throttled budgets and moved production overseas.
—Katie Kilkenny, HollywoodReporter, 4 Sep. 2025
Economic development is throttled.
—Sivan Yaari, Forbes.com, 3 Sep. 2025
The Ducks last year were throttled by eventual national champion Ohio State—the biggest-spending school in America—in the Rose Bowl back in January.
—Jason Clinkscales, Sportico.com, 2 Sep. 2025
At the end of almost 4 billion years, on a planet bereft of complex life, the Earth had been suddenly throttled by the most extreme convulsions of the carbon cycle in its entire history.
—Peter Brannen
august 28, Literary Hub, 28 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for throttled
Verb
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The same jury did, however, convict Chambers of battery and false imprisonment for other prior altercations in which prosecutors said Chambers pushed, grabbed and choked Dadkhah.—
City News Service,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
12 Sep. 2025
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The air around the mop sink was choked by 20 flies.—
David J. Neal,
Miami Herald,
12 Sep. 2025
Verb
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The victim in the case was just 7 years old when she was kidnapped, raped, strangled, stuffed in the trunk of a car and then thrown off a bridge after being wrapped in a blanket and having a bag tied over her head, according to the Worcester County District Attorney's Office.—
Chris Spargo,
PEOPLE,
11 Sep. 2025
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The man allegedly had strangled his wife, repeatedly punched her in the head and forced her to walk around naked.—
Kristi Miller,
Twin Cities,
6 Sep. 2025
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“Throttled.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/throttled. Accessed 18 Sep. 2025.
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