Synonyms of throttled

throttled

verb

past tense of throttle

as in strangled

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 & Similar Words

• strangled
• choked
• suffocated
• garroted
• stifled
• asphyxiated
• smothered
• scragged

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• restored
• revived
• resuscitated

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of throttled

Last year, Iowa and Illinois beat Vanderbilt and Tennessee, respectively, in bowl games while Indiana throttled Alabama in a quarterfinal at the Rose Bowl. — The Athletic College Football Staff, New York Times, 31 July 2026

That’s because in addition to a shortage of crude oil needed to produce both, much more refined jet fuel was throttled in the Strait of Hormuz versus refined gasoline. — Natasha Chen, CNN Money, 27 July 2026

Brent crude settled above $100 a barrel Thursday for the first time since late May, after Yemen's Houthis claimed strikes on two Saudi oil tankers in the Red Sea — opening a second chokepoint in a war that has already throttled the Strait of Hormuz. — Anniek Bao, CNBC, 24 July 2026

Their retirement plans and pensions are invested in Silicon Valley stocks that could drop; their small businesses are reliant on access to credit that might get throttled. — Annie Lowrey, The Atlantic, 21 July 2026

His comments follow a World Bank’s assessment urging Pretoria to scrap ministerial approval requirements that have throttled the competitiveness of industrial parks within South Africa’s SEZs. — Tiisetso Motsoeneng, semafor.com, 8 July 2026

To light that fire again on WHACK’S MUSEUM, Tierra Whack spins back to her battle rap roots for a full-throttled put me in your barbershop top fives record. — Alphonse Pierre, Pitchfork, 24 June 2026

The country's blockade has throttled traffic through the channel, driving up fuel prices and threatening the global economy. — Swapna Venugopal Ramaswamy, USA Today, 19 June 2026

The Aerospace Corporation has been advancing a concept for a restartable solid rocket motor (RSRM), a propulsion configuration that has long posed engineering difficulties because conventional solid motors burn continuously once ignited and cannot be throttled or shut down mid-flight. — Aditya Jadhav, Interesting Engineering, 1 June 2026