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

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

There were 11 players who, a few hours later, throttled Australia and made America forget about Pulisic’s left calf. — Henry Bushnell, New York Times, 20 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 Iran war has throttled traffic through the Strait of Hormuz, disrupting energy and raw material flows. — Anniek Bao, CNBC, 10 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

That geography gives them a structural advantage over Gulf producers, which have been throttled by the closure of the Strait of Hormuz. — Ariel Cohen, Forbes.com, 28 May 2026

With the war’s turbulence on the economy more prevalent and the internet now throttled, Russians no longer have the luxury of pretending the war in Ukraine isn’t happening. — Daniel Depetris, Mercury News, 23 May 2026