Vocabulary
Throttle
English and Urdu gloss, synonyms and antonyms, and example usage from our editorial sentence cache where available.
English meaning
attack or kill (someone) by choking or strangling them.
Urdu meaning
گلا گھونٹنے کا عمل، حد مقرر کرنا
Example sentences (from Dawn)
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- It warns that these blows, without institutional reforms, will further throttle freedom of expression.
- Or will it further throttle compliant taxpayers, particularly the salaried class and corporate sector, already groaning under a crushing tax burden?
- When attention is drawn to the violation of people`s rights, they respond with measures to silence the media, throttle the internet, police social media, and more repression.
- People will use other avenues, such as social media, to get their voices heard, which is why the state is determined to throttle the internet also.
- Expelling journalists reveals a shameful state of press freedom and a weak government desperate to throttle information to hide political persecution and rights violations.
Synonyms
choke, strangle, strangulate, garrotte, asphyxiate, smother, suffocate, stifle
Antonyms
free, release, restore, revive, let go
Curator example
“she was sorely tempted to throttle him”
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