throttled

verb

past tense of throttle
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 About five miles separate Agoura and Westlake high schools, but there seemed to be a great deal more distance between them Friday night, as host Westlake throttled the Chargers 38-7 in a nonleague game. — Joel Beers, Los Angeles Times, 29 Aug. 2026 My contact at Proton Mail explained that the process can get throttled at the provider’s end. — Neil J. Rubenking, PC Magazine, 24 Aug. 2026 Russia’s domestic political opposition, then, has been effectively throttled since Putin launched his war on Ukraine. — Nathan Hodge, CNN Money, 23 Aug. 2026 Many chip components are location-constrained and can easily be throttled by geopolitical factors. — IEEE Spectrum, 15 Aug. 2026 And now, a quarter century later, the actress and animal rights activist throttled the internet once more by launching an OnlyFans in April, raking in millions during her first few months on the platform. — Marlow Stern, Variety, 13 Aug. 2026 Taiwan throttled its own internet during annual defense exercises this week, readying its population for a possible future attack by China. — Ann Scott Tyson, Christian Science Monitor, 11 Aug. 2026 Last year, Iowa and Illinois beat Vanderbilt and Tennessee, respectively, in bowl games while Indiana throttled Alabama in a quarterfinal at the Rose Bowl. — The Athletic College Football Staff, New York Times, 31 July 2026 Brent crude settled above $100 a barrel Thursday for the first time since late May, after Yemen's Houthis claimed strikes on two Saudi oil tankers in the Red Sea — opening a second chokepoint in a war that has already throttled the Strait of Hormuz. — Anniek Bao, CNBC, 24 July 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for throttled
  1. strangled
  2. choked
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  • Prosecutors allege Clancy planned the killings by sending her husband to pick up takeout food and medicine, then, while he was gone, strangled the children with exercise bands.
    — Melina Khan, USA Today, 28 Aug. 2026
  • Over the course of the trial, Clancy’s attorney, the redoubtable Kevin Reddington, repeatedly acknowledged that his client strangled her children in the basement of her home on January 24, 2023, while her then husband was out running errands.
    — Jessica Winter, New Yorker, 28 Aug. 2026
Definition of strangled
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  • The blockade choked one of the world’s most important shipping lanes and Iran dictated where the war’s frontline would be, rattling the global economy.
    — Justin Fishel, ABC News, 28 Aug. 2026
  • Both victims were illegally choked to death by white police officers.
    — Encyclopedia Britannica, Encyclopedia Britannica, 28 Aug. 2026
Definition of choked

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“Throttled.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/throttled. Accessed 2 Sep. 2026.

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