1. (noun) accelerator, throttle, throttle valve
a valve that regulates the supply of fuel to the engine
Synonyms: gun, gas pedal, accelerator pedal, accelerator, throttle valve, gas, catalyst, throttle, particle accelerator, atom smasher
2. (verb) accelerator, accelerator pedal, gas pedal, gas, throttle, gun
a pedal that controls the throttle valve
Synonyms: hitman, gunman, gun, petrol, gasolene, gaseous state, gas, gas pedal, ordnance, natural gas, throttle, artillery, catalyst, heavy weapon, gun for hire, hired gun, flatulency, shooter, throttle valve, accelerator pedal, gasoline, particle accelerator, accelerator, grease-gun, triggerman, hit man, atom smasher, flatulence, gunslinger, torpedo
3. (verb) restrict, restrain, trammel, limit, bound, confine, throttle
place limits on (extent or access)
Synonyms: spring, strangle, snare, intimidate, rebound, qualify, ricochet, choke, throttle, circumscribe, hold back, fix, trammel, entrap, take a hop, hold in, determine, encumber, define, specify, border, strangulate, keep, reverberate, recoil, cumber, curb, constrain, hold, ensnare, confine, bounce, leap, restrain, restrict, jump, bound, curtail, detain, trap, resile, limit, keep back, cut back, set, enclose
4. (verb) strangle, strangulate, throttle
kill by squeezing the throat of so as to cut off the air
Synonyms: cramp, muffle, halter, trammel, gag, confine, strangulate, throttle, restrain, hamper, repress, suffocate, smother, choke, restrict, stifle, limit, strangle, bound
5. (verb) choke, throttle
reduce the air supply
Synonyms: drop dead, strangle, pop off, gag, asphyxiate, give-up the ghost, choke, foul, throttle, die, fret, restrict, expire, buy the farm, pass away, perish, trammel, croak, clog, conk, strangulate, kick the bucket, clog up, back up, snuff it, decease, go, pass, choke off, confine, restrain, bound, suffocate, exit, congest, limit, scrag, cash in one's chips, stifle
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Synonyms and Antonyms of throttle 
