Akademik

strangler

noun

1. an epiphytic vine or tree whose aerial roots extend down the trunk of a supporting tree and coalesce around it eventually strangling the tree

• Syn: ↑strangler tree

• Derivationally related forms: ↑strangle

• Hypernyms: ↑air plant, ↑epiphyte, ↑aerophyte, ↑epiphytic plant

• Hyponyms: ↑pitch apple, ↑strangler fig, ↑Clusia rosea, ↑Clusia major

2. someone who kills by strangling

• Syn: ↑garroter, ↑garrotter, ↑throttler, ↑choker

• Derivationally related forms: ↑choke (for: ↑choker), ↑throttle (for: ↑throttler), ↑strangle, ↑garrotte (for: ↑garrotter), ↑garrote (for: ↑garroter)

• Hypernyms: ↑killer, ↑slayer

Useful english dictionary. 2012.