throttled
Squeezed the neck
Throttled is the past tense of throttle, which means to choke or strangle someone by compressing the throat: He throttled his attacker until the man went limp.
More commonly now, throttle means to restrict or regulate flow—an engine's throttle controls fuel intake, and internet providers throttle bandwidth to slow connection speeds: My downloads are crawling because they've throttled my data.
To throttle back is to reduce power or intensity.
Killed by throat compression
- grippedHeld with pressure
- clutchedHeld firmly in hand
- graspedClutched or understood
- squeezedPressed firmly together
wrung · garroted · asphyxiated · suffocated · constricted · neck · windpipe · airway
Given a maximum limit
- meteredMeasured by instrument
- slowLacking in speed
- latencyDelay in system response
- bottleneckConstriction limiting throughput
congestion · buffering · timeout · quota · overloaded · restricted · backpressure · cooldown
Forcibly held in
- curbedLimited or checked
- restrainedHeld under control
- dampenedMade moist or subdued
- controlledKept within limits
subdued · limited · curtailed · checked · contained · moderated · tempered · quelled
Speed control mechanism
- revvedIncreased rotational speed
- gasFormless, expanding substance
- pedalFoot-operated lever
- carburetorEngine fuel-air mixer
RPM · horsepower · torque · intake · valve · choke · motorcycle · vehicle
strangled
Killed by throat compression
squeezed · wrung · garroted · asphyxiated · suffocated · constricted · neck · windpipe · airway · attacked
capped
Given a maximum limit
bottleneck · congestion · buffering · timeout · quota · overloaded · restricted · backpressure · cooldown
stifled
Forcibly held in
- curbedLimited or checked
- restrainedHeld under control
- dampenedMade moist or subdued
controlled · subdued · limited · curtailed · checked · contained · moderated · tempered · quelled · muted
accelerator
Speed control mechanism
carburetor · RPM · horsepower · torque · intake · valve · choke · motorcycle · vehicle · racing
- slowed downbraked, decelerated, reduced speed, slackened, retarded
- statusespending, active, approved, inactive, completed
- controlledcontrolled, managed, regulated, restrained, contained
- restrainedrestrained, reserved, subdued, controlled, muted
- network errorsnetwork error, connection timeout, disconnected, no internet, connection refused
- CPU statesidle, running, halted, ready, waiting
throttledunthrottled
Not artificially slowed
unrestricted · unlimited · uncapped · unmetered · free-flowing
throttledreleased
Set free from confinement
freed · let go · unchoked · resuscitated · revived
throttledaccelerated
Increased in velocity
floored · full throttle · gunned · revved · boosted
- full throttleMaximum engine power
- at full throttleAt maximum power
- throttle downReduce engine power deliberately
- throttle upIncrease engine output
- throttling downReducing engine power deliberately
- throttled downReduced engine output