Crossword clues for throttled
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Throttle \Throt"tle\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Throttled; p. pr. & vb. n. Throttling.]
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To compress the throat of; to choke; to strangle.
Grant him this, and the Parliament hath no more freedom than if it sat in his noose, which, when he pleases to draw together with one twitch of his negative, shall throttle a whole nation, to the wish of Caligula, in one neck.
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To utter with breaks and interruption, in the manner of a person half suffocated. [R.]
Throttle their practiced accent in their fears.
--Shak. To shut off, or reduce flow of, as steam to an engine.
Wiktionary
vb. (en-past of: throttle)
Usage examples of "throttled".
She moved her mouth across his chest, caressing him with her lips and teeth and tongue, glorying in the throttled groan that she felt as much as heard.
He made a throttled sound as every muscle in his body clenched with passion and a need that was destroying him.
With a throttled cry he drove hard and deep, pumping himself into her until the world went darker than night around him.
At least he hoped it was encouraging rather than the throttled growl of a frustrated male.
Anakin banked the landspeeder and throttled up, weaving in and out of falling and bouncing chunks of stone, sweeping past people screaming in terror and pain.
Commander Rojo's call came across all channels, and the great Star Destroyer throttled up and soared fast for the frozen planet, her forward batteries beginning the barrage against the surface.
But Jaina throttled up quickly, speeding for the entry point of the belt.
Jaina recognized the convergence, like fingers interlocking to form a solid barrier, and immediately throttled down.
Jaina steeled her gaze straight ahead and throttled up, attacking the mass.
Kyp throttled up to full and yanked back, turning his nose up in a sharp loop.
He throttled up the landspeeder, swerving through a ravine between two unstable peaks, a move that almost cost him dearly as one huge boulder smashed down right behind the small craft as it passed.
Luke throttled her up to full, estimating an intercept course for the falling ship.
Corran throttled back almost all the way to zero and let the X-wing decelerate.
Corran throttled up again as the third bomber sailed past and brought his ship around.
The unit commander throttled back and fed his repulsorlift generators enough power to counter the moon's gravity.