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
Iran's blockade of the strait, which carried about 20% of the world's oil supply before the war, has throttled traffic through the critical oil shipping channel, driving up fuel prices and threatening the global economy.
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Bart Jansen, USA Today, 13 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
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, Twin Cities, 15 May 2026
Bart Jansen, USA Today, 13 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
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, Twin Cities, 15 May 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for throttled
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After the brothers were arrested in Romania, the journalists Jamie Tahsin and Matt Shea reported on the women’s stories for Vice News, and another woman said that she, too, had been strangled and raped by Tate in 2014.—
Heidi Blake,
New Yorker,
8 June 2026
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Angel Guzman, 31, of Los Angeles, was among the four members of the gang MS-13 convicted of murdering three people, one of whom was kidnapped, strangled, attacked with machetes and dismembered, in the Angeles National Forest, federal authorities said.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
7 June 2026
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The petition, which was granted by a federal judge, cited reports alleging that guards at the facility choked and asphyxiated Campos.—
Armando Garcia,
ABC News,
10 June 2026
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Within days, Topanga Creek was choked with mud.—
Lila Seidman,
Los Angeles Times,
9 June 2026
Cite this Entry
“Throttled.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/throttled. Accessed 16 Jun. 2026.
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