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throttling |
2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Throttle \Throt"tle\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Throttled}; p. pr & vb n. {Throttling}.] 1. 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. --Milton. 2. To utter with breaks and interruption, in the manner of a person half suffocated. [R.] Throttle their practiced accent in their fears. --Shak. 3. To shut off or reduce flow of as steam to an engine. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: throttling n : the act of suffocating by constricting the windpipe; "no evidence that the choking was done by the accused" [syn: {choking}, {strangling}, {strangulation}]
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