1. The act of suffocating someone by constricting the windpipe
   "no evidence that the throttling was done by the accused";
   - choking, strangling, strangulation

1. Reduce the air supply
   "throttle a carburettor";
   - choke
    
2. Compress or constrict the throat or windpipe cutting off air for breathing, potentially causing death
   "The attacker tried to throttle his victim";
   - strangle, strangulate, choke
    
3. Place limits on (extent, amount or access)
   "their bandwidth was throttled at peak times";
   - restrict, trammel, limit, bound, confine
    
4. Restrict, constrain, or suppress the movement, growth, or activity of
   "Regulations throttled innovation";
   - hamper, cramp, strangle

Derived forms: throttlings

Type of: act, asphyxiation, compact, compress, constrict, contract, enrich, kill, move, press, squeeze, suffocation

Encyclopedia: Throttling