1. The act of suffocating (someone) by constricting the windpipe
   - choking, strangling, strangulation

1. Place limits on (extent or access)
   - restrict, restrain, 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
   - choke

Derived forms: throttlings

See also: throttler

Type of: asphyxiation, check, contain, control, curb, enrich, hold, hold in, kill, moderate, suffocation

Encyclopedia: Throttle

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