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!
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Recent Examples of throttled
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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Daniel Depetris,
Mercury News,
23 May 2026
Meta, which includes Facebook, also throttled the story's reach on their platforms, leading to many conservatives rightfully calling it election interference.
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Jon Root Outkick,
FOXNews.com,
22 May 2026
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
Meta, which includes Facebook, also throttled the story's reach on their platforms, leading to many conservatives rightfully calling it election interference.
—
Jon Root Outkick,
FOXNews.com,
22 May 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for throttled
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One woman says the woman who was being strangled was nearly dead when the attacker was confronted.
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Instead, the men were beaten to death and strangled in a basement.
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All of that oil stuck behind a barrage of missiles and sea lanes choked with mines led a number of respected oil analysts to predict that oil prices would surge as high as $150, or even $200 by the summer.
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In recent days, the property remained largely fallow, other than the thick underbrush and countless weeds that choked the site, which is about one-third of an acre in size, this news organization’s direct observation of the property shows.
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“Throttled.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/throttled. Accessed 1 Jul. 2026.
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