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
Gophers 7, Eagles 1 The Gophers opened the season in fine form by throttling visiting Boston College 7-1 Thursday night.
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Theodore Tollefson, Twin Cities, 25 Sep. 2025
Fiber delivers superior speeds but is less available, while cable is typically faster and more stable though subject to throttling.
—Roxanne Downer, USA Today, 22 Sep. 2025
Squeezing Russia’s oil revenues via secondary tariffs also means throttling the flow of its oil into global markets where prices are set.
—Anna Cooban, CNN Money, 6 Aug. 2025
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Theodore Tollefson, Twin Cities, 25 Sep. 2025
Fiber delivers superior speeds but is less available, while cable is typically faster and more stable though subject to throttling.
—Roxanne Downer, USA Today, 22 Sep. 2025
Squeezing Russia’s oil revenues via secondary tariffs also means throttling the flow of its oil into global markets where prices are set.
—Anna Cooban, CNN Money, 6 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for throttling
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Two stethoscopes hang on the wall by the door, next to a poster about how to aid a choking victim.—
Jennifer Gonnerman,
New Yorker,
6 Oct. 2025
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Almonds can be a choking hazard.—
Cynthia Sass,
Health,
6 Oct. 2025
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In other parts of the world, political violence grips countries after every change in leadership, strangling their nation, and putting lives at risk every day.—
Joshua Rhett Miller,
MSNBC Newsweek,
24 Sep. 2025
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He is accused of also routinely strangling her during assaults.—
Latoya Gayle,
PEOPLE,
22 Sep. 2025
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“Throttling.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/throttling. Accessed 8 Oct. 2025.
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