Throttler — meaning, pronunciation & more

Definition

someone who kills by strangling

Pronunciation

🇺🇸American English

/θɹˈɑːtlɚ/

🇬🇧British English

/θɹˈɒtlə/

🇮🇳Indian English

/θɹˈɒtlə/

2 syllables Say it as /θɹˈɑːtlɚ/.

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms

garroter garrotter choker strangler

Word Forms

garrote	verb	strangle with an iron collar
garrotte	verb	strangle with an iron collar
strangle	verb	kill by squeezing the throat of so as to cut off the air
throttle	verb	kill by squeezing the throat of so as to cut off the air
choke	verb	wring the neck of

Around the World

Europe

🇩🇪German

Drossel

jemand, der durch Erwürgen tötet

🇫🇷French

accélérateur

quelqu'un qui tue en étranglant

🇪🇸Spanish

acelerador

alguien que mata estrangulando

🇮🇹Italian

acceleratore

qualcuno che uccide strangolando

🇳🇱Dutch

gaspedaal

iemand die doodt door te wurgen

🇵🇹Portuguese

acelerador

alguém que mata por estrangulamento

🇷🇺Russian

дроссель

тот, кто убивает, удушая

India

🇮🇳Hindi

गला घोंटनेवाला

कोई जो गला घोंटकर हत्या कर दे

🇧🇩Bengali

থ্রটলার

যে কেউ শ্বাসরোধ করে হত্যা করে

🇮🇳Tamil

த்ரோட்லர்

கழுத்தை நெரித்து கொல்லும் ஒருவர்

🇮🇳Telugu

థొరెట్లర్

గొంతు కోసి చంపే వ్యక్తి

🇮🇳Marathi

थ्रॉटलर

कोणीतरी जो गळा दाबून मारतो

🇮🇳Gujarati

થ્રોટલર

કોઈ વ્યક્તિ જે ગળું દબાવીને મારી નાખે છે

🇮🇳Kannada

ಥ್ರೊಟ್ಲರ್

ಕತ್ತು ಹಿಸುಕಿ ಕೊಲ್ಲುವ ವ್ಯಕ್ತಿ

🇮🇳Malayalam

ത്രോട്ടിലർ

കഴുത്ത് ഞെരിച്ച് കൊല്ലുന്ന ഒരാൾ

🇮🇳Punjabi

ਥ੍ਰੋਟਲਰ

ਕੋਈ ਵਿਅਕਤੀ ਜੋ ਗਲਾ ਘੁੱਟ ਕੇ ਮਾਰਦਾ ਹੈ

🇵🇰Urdu

تھروٹلر

کوئی جو گلا گھونٹ کر مارتا ہے۔

East & Southeast Asia

🇨🇳Chinese

节流阀

勒死者

🇯🇵Japanese

スロットラー

首を絞めて殺す人

🇰🇷Korean

스로틀러

목을 졸라 죽인 사람

🇻🇳Vietnamese

bộ tiết lưu

ai đó giết chết bằng cách bóp cổ

🇹🇭Thai

เค้น

คนที่ฆ่าด้วยการบีบคอ

🇮🇩Indonesian

throttle

seseorang yang membunuh dengan cara mencekik

🇲🇾Malay

pendikit

seseorang yang membunuh dengan mencekik

Middle East

🇸🇦Arabic

خنق

شخص يقتل بالخنق

🇮🇷Persian

دریچه گاز

کسی که با خفه کردن می کشد

🇹🇷Turkish

kısıcı

boğarak öldüren kimse

🇮🇱Hebrew

מצערת

מישהו שהורג בחנק

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