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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ gcide ]


  Throttle \Throt"tle\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Throttled; p. pr. &
     vb. n. Throttling.]
     1. To compress the throat of; to choke; to strangle.
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              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.
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     2. To utter with breaks and interruption, in the manner of a
        person half suffocated. [R.]
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              Throttle their practiced accent in their fears.
                                                    --Shak.
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     3. To shut off, or reduce flow of, as steam to an engine.
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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 English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  throttled
     vb.
     (infl of en throttle  ed-form)

From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]


  throttled
     vb.
     (infl of en throttle  ed-form)

From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]


  throttled
     vb.
     (infl of en throttle  ed-form)

From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]


  throttled
     vb.
     (infl of en throttle  ed-form)

From Swedish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-sv-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  throttled
     Engelska a.
     (avledning en throttle ordform=perfpart)
     Engelska vb.
     (böjning en verb throttle)

From English-Arabic FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.6.3 : [ freedict:eng-ara ]


  Throttled /θɹˈɒtəld/
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