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
But all that changed Saturday at the Alamodome when North Crowley throttled San Antonio Brennan 65-52 to claim the Class 6A Division I state championship.
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Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 15 Mar. 2026
The result is a mechanically simpler engine that can be throttled and even shut down and restarted in flight, providing significantly greater flight flexibility.
—New Atlas, 25 Feb. 2026
Russian authorities have already blocked major social media platforms such as X, Facebook and Instagram, throttled YouTube, and methodically ramped up restrictions against other popular platforms during four years of war.
—Los Angeles Times, 21 Feb. 2026
The matchup dynamic is fairly straightforward in that Saint Denis is a super aggressive, pace grappler who has throttled most of his competition on the mat.
—Brett Appley, New York Times, 31 Jan. 2026
Behind Staubach, Dallas cruised through the playoffs with relative ease and throttled Miami in the Super Bowl, capturing the first championship in team history.
—R.j. Coyle, Dallas Morning News, 27 Jan. 2026
In fact, the only time New England has beaten the Broncos in the postseason was 2012 when the Patriots throttled Denver and Tim Tebow, 45-10, at Gillette Stadium.
—Matt Schooley, CBS News, 19 Jan. 2026
The 49ers opened the week as bigger underdogs against the top-seeded Seahawks, who throttled San Francisco 13-3 at Levi’s Stadium two weeks ago.
—Chris Biderman, Sacbee.com, 13 Jan. 2026
Putin's regime has banned Facebook and Instagram and severely throttled other platforms such as X, formerly Twitter.
—Alexander Smith, NBC news, 24 Dec. 2025
Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 15 Mar. 2026
The result is a mechanically simpler engine that can be throttled and even shut down and restarted in flight, providing significantly greater flight flexibility.
—New Atlas, 25 Feb. 2026
Russian authorities have already blocked major social media platforms such as X, Facebook and Instagram, throttled YouTube, and methodically ramped up restrictions against other popular platforms during four years of war.
—Los Angeles Times, 21 Feb. 2026
The matchup dynamic is fairly straightforward in that Saint Denis is a super aggressive, pace grappler who has throttled most of his competition on the mat.
—Brett Appley, New York Times, 31 Jan. 2026
Behind Staubach, Dallas cruised through the playoffs with relative ease and throttled Miami in the Super Bowl, capturing the first championship in team history.
—R.j. Coyle, Dallas Morning News, 27 Jan. 2026
In fact, the only time New England has beaten the Broncos in the postseason was 2012 when the Patriots throttled Denver and Tim Tebow, 45-10, at Gillette Stadium.
—Matt Schooley, CBS News, 19 Jan. 2026
The 49ers opened the week as bigger underdogs against the top-seeded Seahawks, who throttled San Francisco 13-3 at Levi’s Stadium two weeks ago.
—Chris Biderman, Sacbee.com, 13 Jan. 2026
Putin's regime has banned Facebook and Instagram and severely throttled other platforms such as X, formerly Twitter.
—Alexander Smith, NBC news, 24 Dec. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for throttled
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An autopsy showed Dee Warner was strangled and had suffered blunt force trauma.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
10 Mar. 2026
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Police took the wire Sharrey was strangled with to area farm stores to try to identify who purchased it, but were told the style of wire hadn’t been produced in several years.—
Audrey Abrahams,
NBC news,
8 Mar. 2026
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In his first public comments since the conflict choked Middle East energy shipments, the head of the region’s largest oil producer said Aramco can divert more crude to an alternative route that avoids the Strait of Hormuz.—
Bloomberg,
Oc Register,
10 Mar. 2026
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Roads in the Lebanese capital were choked with evacuating traffic as smoke rose over the city’s southern districts.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
7 Mar. 2026
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“Throttled.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/throttled. Accessed 18 Mar. 2026.
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