| noun | a valve that regulates the supply of fuel to the engine |
| noun | a pedal that controls the throttle valve “he stepped on the gas” |
| verb | place limits on (extent or access) “restrict the use of this parking lot” |
| verb | kill by squeezing the throat of so as to cut off the air “he tried to strangle his opponent” |
| verb | reduce the air supply “choke a carburetor” |
| accelerate | verb | cause to move faster |
| throttle | verb | reduce the air supply |
| restrictive | adjective | serving to restrict |
| restriction | noun | the act of keeping something within specified bounds (by force if necessary) |
| restrainer | noun | a person who directs and restrains |
| trammel | noun | a restraint that confines or restricts freedom (especially something used to tie down or restrain a prisoner) |
| limiter | noun | (electronics) a nonlinear electronic circuit whose output is limited in amplitude; used to limit the instantaneous amplitude of a waveform (to clip off the peaks of a waveform) |
| limit | noun | the greatest possible degree of something |
| limitation | noun | (law) a time period after which suits cannot be brought |
| bound | noun | a line determining the limits of an area |
| strangulation | noun | the act of suffocating (someone) by constricting the windpipe |
| strangler | noun | an epiphytic vine or tree whose aerial roots extend down the trunk of a supporting tree and coalesce around it eventually strangling the tree |
| strangling | noun | the act of suffocating (someone) by constricting the windpipe |
| throttler | noun | someone who kills by strangling |
| throttling | noun | the act of suffocating (someone) by constricting the windpipe |
| choke | noun | a valve that controls the flow of air into the carburetor of a gasoline engine |
| throttle | noun | a pedal that controls the throttle valve |