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to throttle

to throttle

3 8.8
To squeeze someone's throat to stop their breathing
  • verb
  • /ˈθrɑːtəl/
  • Offensive
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  • It did not occur to me that if the throw had not worked, he could have throttled me.
  • throttle someone's throat
  • throttle someone's neck
  • feel like throttling

It's like just, you know, I wanted to throttle him, but.

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Examples

  • Dante throttles Randal, choking him to the ground.

    Fiction book (1994)

  • He threatened to throttle the man who had attacked his friend.

  • It's like just, you know, I wanted to throttle him, but.

    Shawn Ryan Show

  • I generally still feel like throttling her when I'm finished, though.

    Fiction book (2000)

  • Rory stretched his hands above his head to keep from throttling him.

    Fiction book (1990)

  • He could nearly have reached out and throttled the man by the neck.

    Fiction book (1997)

  • She could cheerfully have throttled Jane at that moment.

    Fiction book (1990)

  • At last, tired of his persistence, she throttled him, closing her hands around his throat softly, then applying pressure.

    Fiction book (1995)

  • And while I was in the master bedroom, you hurried downstairs and turned off the electricity, got the rope from the open cupboard, and throttled Yvette.

    Clue (1985)

  • She knelt on the second board, almost throttling him, and tied his wrists and head tightly between the boards.

    Fiction book (2000)

Synonyms

to choke
vsto throttle
  • NSFW
264 3.7

To be unable to breathe because something blocks the throat or neck

means deliberate throat compression intended to kill or try to kill
to strangle
vsto throttle
  • Offensive
209 6.2

To kill or injure someone by squeezing their throat and stopping breathing

focuses on killing or attempting to kill specifically through throat compression
to strangulate
vsto throttle
  • Offensive
9.6

To kill someone by squeezing their throat so they cannot breathe

also includes attempts to kill by throat squeezing rather than only finished killing
to thrapple
vsto throttle
  • NSFW
9.9

To put a tight grip on someone's throat so the person cannot breathe

uses general throat pressure rather than a specific seizing grip

Antonyms

to rescue
633 1.0

Save someone or something from danger

to revive
71 4.1

To make a person conscious again after fainting

Compounds

full throttle
12 5.8

A state of moving at the highest speed and with the most effort

hand throttle
  • Specialized
7.2

A lever you move by hand to control an engine's power

throttle valve
  • Specialized
6.3

A part that controls how much air and fuel go into an engine to change its speed or power

How Violent

to kill
  • NSFW
∞ 1.0
to throttle
  • Offensive
3 8.8
to choke
  • NSFW
264 3.7
to grab
∞ 1.0

Surface Forms

throttle infinitive
throttled past
throttled past participle
throttling present participle
throttles third person singular

Morphology

throttle = throat (transparent) = throat + le

This sense is directly related to the physical throat (to strangle), so the relation to the base is clear to learners.

Etymology

Throttle originally meant to 'choke' and comes from the same root as throat. So to throttle someone is to squeeze their 'throat' and stop their breathing.