throttling

Plural: throttlings

Noun

• the act of suffocating (someone) by constricting the windpipe
• The temporary reduction of bandwidth through a communications network by controlling the package flow rate, in order to minimise congestion.
• Reduction in amount of chemical or other fluid in process such as a heating or ventilation system.
• Reduction in flow rate between two points caused by an intermediate restriction, device, structure or configuration.

Verb

• place limits on (extent or access)
• kill by squeezing the throat of so as to cut off the air
• reduce the air supply
• present participle and gerund of throttle

Synonyms

bound, choke, choking, confine, limit, restrain, restrict, strangle, strangling, strangulate, strangulation, throttle, trammel