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  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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