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
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.
—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
The veteran signal-caller's 21st NFL season came to an end after the Steelers were throttled by the Houston Texans in the wild-card round of the playoffs, 30-6.
—Anna Lazarus Caplan, PEOPLE, 18 May 2026
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
The veteran signal-caller's 21st NFL season came to an end after the Steelers were throttled by the Houston Texans in the wild-card round of the playoffs, 30-6.
—Anna Lazarus Caplan, PEOPLE, 18 May 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for throttled
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An autopsy determined Wilton was strangled, stabbed multiple times and suffered from blunt-force trauma to the head and face.—
DeJanay Booth-Singleton,
CBS News,
15 June 2026
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Jurors deliberated for a week before voting to convict 48-year-old Francesca Lopez in the death of Felipe Lopez-Custodio, who was clubbed to death with a piece of scrap wood and strangled with a cord inside his apartment on Jacqueline Way in Concord.—
Nate Gartrell,
Mercury News,
10 June 2026
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Pinkas said that before the war, Iran was isolated under sanctions that choked its oil exports, dealing blows to its economy.—
Pamela Avila,
CNN Money,
18 June 2026
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The woman who survived the rape described in a jury trial how Mystikal, whose real name is Michael Lawrence Tyler, had punched, choked, and forcibly raped her at his home near Baton Rouge, according to local TV station WBRZ.—
Jazz Monroe,
Pitchfork,
17 June 2026
Cite this Entry
“Throttled.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/throttled. Accessed 24 Jun. 2026.
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