Vocabulary
Throttling
English and Urdu gloss, synonyms and antonyms, and example usage from our editorial sentence cache where available.
English meaning
1) To defeat (Someone or something) easily or completely.
2) to not allow to grow or develop.
Urdu meaning
محدود کرنا یا حد مقرر کرنا
Example sentences (from Dawn)
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Financial throttling completes the picture.
Dawn Editorials —
Criminalising criticism
— 2026-02-27
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Macroeconomic stabilisation ensues through a throttling of economic activity via increased interest rates, import restrictions, and higher taxes.
Dawn Editorials —
Shortcuts to growth
— 2026-01-19
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Pakistan has balanced its external account by throttling itsexternal trade, choking its economy and heavy borrowing, including private borrowing.
Dawn Editorials —
End of stability
— 2026-01-15
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It is the centre itself which is throttling not only its own uplift spending but also provincial programmes amid a tax collection shortfall of Rs430bn and failure to control its wasteful current expenditure.
Dawn Editorials —
Development delayed
— 2025-12-20
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These funds are not coming out of the coffers of any political party or institution; this is the taxpayers` money, and the public`s right to know is being denied by throttling independent media voices.
Dawn Editorials —
Gagging the media
— 2025-12-14
Synonyms
garrote, suffocate, choke
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