abgewürgt

past participle of abwürgen

(informal, transitive, weak) to silence; to cut off (brusquely prevent someone from finishing an utterance or inquiry)
(informal, transitive, weak) to stall (cause a manual-transmission engine to turn off by going too slowly for the selected gear)
(figuratively, informal, transitive, weak) to stall, to kneecap (cause to stop making progress, especially catastrophically so)