'Strangler' definitions:
Definition of 'strangler'
(from WordNet)
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 [syn: strangler, strangler tree]
noun
Definition of 'Strangler'
From: GCIDE
- Strangler \Stran"gler\, n. One who, or that which, strangles. "The very strangler of their amity." --Shak. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'strangler'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- apache,
- assassin,
- assassinator,
- beheader,
- bloodletter,
- bloodshedder,
- bravo,
- burker,
- butcher,
- button man,
- Cain,
- 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,
- Jack Ketch,
- killer,
- man-eater,
- man-killer,
- manslayer,
- massacrer,
- matador,
- murderer,
- pesticide,
- poison,
- poisoner,
- punisher,
- slaughterer,
- slayer,
- thug,
- torpedo,
- trigger man