as in strangling
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
The Warriors continued to prove their one of the top girls soccer teams in the state by throttling Tri-Valley League rival Dover-Sherborn, 5-0, at the home of the New England Patriots and New England Revolution on Thursday.
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Greg Dudek, Boston Herald, 17 Oct. 2025
Just half a year earlier, in March 2024, a landslide in the Trou sans Fond had ruptured all three cables, throttling or even blacking out the internet in Côte d’Ivoire and 12 other countries.
—Samanth Subramanian, The Dial, 14 Oct. 2025
The Biden administration’s prevailing wage rule has also raised concerns that snaking requirements backed by Big Labor are throttling the industry.
—Emily Hallas, The Washington Examiner, 6 Oct. 2025
Gophers 7, Eagles 1 The Gophers opened the season in fine form by throttling visiting Boston College 7-1 Thursday night.
—Theodore Tollefson, Twin Cities, 25 Sep. 2025
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Greg Dudek, Boston Herald, 17 Oct. 2025
Just half a year earlier, in March 2024, a landslide in the Trou sans Fond had ruptured all three cables, throttling or even blacking out the internet in Côte d’Ivoire and 12 other countries.
—Samanth Subramanian, The Dial, 14 Oct. 2025
The Biden administration’s prevailing wage rule has also raised concerns that snaking requirements backed by Big Labor are throttling the industry.
—Emily Hallas, The Washington Examiner, 6 Oct. 2025
Gophers 7, Eagles 1 The Gophers opened the season in fine form by throttling visiting Boston College 7-1 Thursday night.
—Theodore Tollefson, Twin Cities, 25 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for throttling
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The man previously on Florida’s Death Row for beating, stabbing and strangling a La Carreta waitress with a rice cooker — before lighting a blaze to destroy key evidence — should be condemned to die, Miami prosecutors told a jury after detailing the slaying on Wednesday morning.—
Grethel Aguila,
Miami Herald,
5 Nov. 2025
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When Josh got home five minutes later, Martin met him at the door with a knife and chased him upstairs, stabbing him and then strangling him with a belt or a rope, Evans said.—
KC Baker,
PEOPLE,
30 Oct. 2025
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The clouds billowed as far east as New York, choking farm economies in the middle of the country and sending millions of people on the move.—
Vann R. Newkirk II,
The Atlantic,
10 Nov. 2025
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The two eventually fell to the floor of the bus, and the choking continued, according to the complaint.—
Teri Figueroa,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
8 Nov. 2025
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“Throttling.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/throttling. Accessed 18 Nov. 2025.
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