Crossword clues for throttling
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
n. 1 The temporary reduction of bandwidth through a communications network by controlling the package flow rate. Used to minimise congestion. Also known as ''bandwidth throttling.'' 2 Reduction in amount of chemical or other fluid in process such as a heating or ventilation system. vb. (present participle of throttle English)
WordNet
n. the act of suffocating (someone) by constricting the windpipe; "no evidence that the choking was done by the accused" [syn: choking, strangling, strangulation]
Usage examples of "throttling".
And that's even after we've eliminated a lot of nice-to-haves, like a deep throttling capability.
Right now, your turbofan jet is throttling back to absorb two-thirds of your weight.
I released my throttling grip on Goodbody's neck, reached over and took his gun away, then, still seated behind him, brought out the handcuffs and secured both his wrists, one to the wrist of the dead Morgenstern, the other to the wrist of the dead Muggenthaler.
Sarcasm, this—Greyboar drew the line at throttling sprouts, save the occasional bratling.
Entering the sanctuary with renewed genuflections, he joined the nipple rings and went about the throttling of the breast roots with lengths of wet cord he had brought in a pail.
When it did and the faithful had filed out in silence, she felt a gradual change taking place in the cords throttling her breasts and encircling the nipples.
They use the good old breast gallows with its throttling straps and special whips, sweetie.
Only because he couldn't fly the shuttle did Kirtan refrain from throttling the pilot.