as in choking
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 throttling
Squeezing Russia’s oil revenues via secondary tariffs also means throttling the flow of its oil into global markets where prices are set.
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Anna Cooban, CNN Money, 6 Aug. 2025
This makes the White House’s view — that tight money is throttling the economy and a cut in interest rates of three percentage points is needed — perplexing.
—Bloomberg Opinion, Twin Cities, 5 Aug. 2025
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Anna Cooban, CNN Money, 6 Aug. 2025
This makes the White House’s view — that tight money is throttling the economy and a cut in interest rates of three percentage points is needed — perplexing.
—Bloomberg Opinion, Twin Cities, 5 Aug. 2025
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In a video of the attack, Johnson is seen choking Cundiff for more than a minute and a half, resuming the strangling after Cundiff appeared unconscious, causing injuries to his throat and face.—
Miguel Torres,
AZCentral.com,
6 Sep. 2025
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Authorities in the United States and the United Kingdom have warned consumers that counterfeit Labubu are poorly made and may contain small, detachable parts such as eyes, hands, and feet, which present a serious choking hazard to young children.—
Haicen Yang,
CNN Money,
5 Sep. 2025
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Former Ohio State long snapper Michael Roen McCullough was arrested in Columbus early Friday morning after allegedly punching his girlfriend and strangling her during an argument, according to police records.—
Paulina Dedaj,
FOXNews.com,
1 Sep. 2025
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Visualizing the ropes of the nets twisting around the necks of these animals, slowly strangling, choking, running out of oxygen.—
Suwanna Gauntlett Upjohn,
Forbes.com,
31 Aug. 2025
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“Throttling.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/throttling. Accessed 11 Sep. 2025.
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