Throttled (9)
I believe the answer is:
strangled
<span class="explanation-format__ClueExplanation">'<span class="explanation-format__original">throttled</span>' is the definition.<br/ ><span class="explanation-format__explanation">('strangle' can be a synonym of 'throttle')</span><br/ ><br/ >This is the entire clue.<br/ ></span>
(Other definitions for strangled that I've seen before include "Choked and killed" , "Throttled" , "Choked to death" .)