The Clue
Throttle (8 letter answer)
The Answer
STRANGLE
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Notes
The answer STRANGLE is rarely seen, appearing only about once every 1600 puzzles.
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Definition
STRANGLE as a verb:
1. (strangle, strangulate, throttle) = kill by squeezing the throat of so as to cut off the air; "he tried to strangle his opponent"; "A man in Boston has been strangling several dozen prostitutes"
2. (smother, stifle, strangle, muffle, repress) = conceal or hide; "smother a yawn"; "muffle one's anger"; "strangle a yawn"
3. die from strangulation
4. (hamper, halter, cramp, strangle) = prevent the progress or free movement of; "He was hampered in his efforts by the bad weather"; "the imperialist nation wanted to strangle the free trade between the two small countries"
5. (choke, strangle) = constrict (someone's) throat and keep from breathing
6. (gag, choke, strangle, suffocate) = struggle for breath; have insufficient oxygen intake; "he swallowed a fishbone and gagged"