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Noun: throttling  thró-tu-ling
  1. The act of suffocating (someone) by constricting the windpipe
    "no evidence that the throttling was done by the accused";
    - choking, strangling, strangulation
Verb: throttle  thró-t(u)l
  1. Place limits on (extent, amount or access)
    - restrict, trammel, limit, bound, confine
     
  2. Kill by squeezing the throat of so as to cut off the air
    - strangle, strangulate
     
  3. Reduce the air supply
    "throttle a carburettor";
    - choke

Derived forms: throttlings

Type of: asphyxiation, enrich, kill, suffocation

Encyclopedia: Throttling

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