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strangle |
strangle hold |
strangleable |
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strangler
| strangler fig
| strangler tree
| strangles
| strangling
| strangulate
strangler
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun strangler has 2 senses
- strangler(n = noun.plant) strangler tree - an epiphytic vine or tree whose aerial roots extend down the trunk of a supporting tree and coalesce around it eventually strangling the tree; Array has particulars: clusia major, clusia rosea, pitch apple, strangler fig
- strangler(n = noun.person) choker, garroter, garrotter, throttler - someone who kills by strangling; Array is a kind of killer, slayer
is a kind of aerophyte, air plant, epiphyte, epiphytic plant
Derived form verb strangle1
Derived form verb strangle1
THESAURUS
strangler
Cain, Jack Ketch, apache, assassin, assassinator, beheader, bloodletter, bloodshedder, bravo, burker, butcher, button man, cannibal, chastizer, cutthroat, deathsman, desperado, discipliner, electrocutioner, eradicator, executioner, exterminator, garroter, gorilla, gun, gunman, gunsel, hangman, hatchet man, head-hunter, headsman, hit man, homicidal maniac, homicide, killer, man-eater, man-killer, manslayer, massacrer, matador, murderer, pesticide, poison, poisoner, punisher, slaughterer, slayer, thug, torpedo, trigger man
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