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THROTTLING
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The act of suffocating (someone) by constricting the windpipe
Example:
no evidence that the choking was done by the accused
Synonyms:
choking; strangling; strangulation; throttling
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("throttling" is a kind of...):
asphyxiation; suffocation (killing by depriving of oxygen)
Derivation:
throttle (kill by squeezing the throat of so as to cut off the air)
II. (verb)
Sense 1
-ing form of the verb throttle
