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THROTTLE

Definition:

1. [noun] a valve that regulates the supply of fuel to the engine
   Synonyms: accelerator, valve
   
   
2. [noun] a pedal that controls the throttle valve; "he stepped on the gas"
   Synonyms: accelerator, accelerator pedal, gas pedal, gas, gun
   
   
3. [verb] place limits on (extent or access); "restrict the use of this parking lot"; "limit the time you can spend with your friends"
   Synonyms: restrict, restrain, trammel, limit, bound, confine
   
   
4. [verb] kill by squeezing the throat of so as to cut off the air; "he tried to strangle his opponent"; "A man in Boston has been strangling several dozen prostitutes"
   Synonyms: strangle, strangulate
   
   
5. [verb] reduce the air supply; "choke a carburetor"
   Synonyms: choke
   
   

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Related Words:

• reduce, tighten
• tie
• gate
• draw the line, draw a line
• mark off, mark out
• rule, harness, rein
• baffle, regulate
• hamper, halter, cramp, strangle
• stiffen, tighten, tighten up, constrain
• clamp down, crack down
• inhibit
• restrain, encumber, cumber, constrain
• garrote, garrotte, garotte, scrag

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