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STRANGLER
garroter, garrotter, strangler, throttler, choker
(noun) someone who kills by strangling
strangler, strangler tree
(noun) an epiphytic vine or tree whose aerial roots extend down the trunk of a supporting tree and coalesce around it eventually strangling the tree
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
strangler (plural stranglers)
Someone who strangles, especially who murders by strangling.
An epiphyte whose aerial roots eventually strangle the tree on which it grows.
Source: Wiktionary
Stran"gler, n.
Definition: One who, or that which, strangles. "The very strangler of their amity." Shak.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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