(~s, throttling, ~d)
1.
To ~ someone means to kill or injure them by squeezing their throat or tightening something around it and preventing them from breathing.
The attacker then tried to ~ her with wire...
= strangle
VERB: V n
2.
If you say that something or someone is throttling a process, institution, or group, you mean that they are restricting it severely or destroying it.
He said the over-valuation of sterling was throttling industry.
VERB: V n
3.
The ~ of a motor vehicle or aircraft is the device, lever, or pedal that controls the quantity of fuel entering the engine and is used to control the vehicle’s speed.
He gently opened the ~, and the ship began to ease forward...
N-COUNT
4.
Throttle is the power that is obtained by using a ~.
...motor bikes revving at full ~.
N-UNCOUNT
5.
If you say that something is done at full ~, you mean that it is done with great speed and enthusiasm.
He lived his life at full ~.
PHRASE: PHR after v, v-link PHR