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stran·gler
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Princeton's WordNet
strangler, strangler treenoun
an epiphytic vine or tree whose aerial roots extend down the trunk of a supporting tree and coalesce around it eventually strangling the tree
garroter, garrotter, strangler, throttler, chokernoun
someone who kills by strangling
Wiktionary
stranglernoun
someone who strangles, especially who murders by strangling
stranglernoun
an epiphyte whose aerial roots eventually strangle the tree on which it grows
Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
Stranglernoun
One who strangles.
Etymology: from strangle.
The band that seems to tie their friendship together, will be the very strangler of their amity. William Shakespeare, Ant. and Cleopatra.
ChatGPT
strangler
In a general context, a strangler is an individual or thing that tightens or restricts another thing, often to a harmful degree. However, this term also has specific meanings in different contexts: 1. In ecology, it refers to a kind of plant that grows on another plant, using it as support and often killing it by restricting its growth. 2. In software development, the Strangler Fig pattern refers to a process where a new system is built around the edges of an old system, gradually replacing it. 3. In homicide cases, a strangler refers to a person who kills someone by squeezing the throat, cutting off the air supply.
Webster Dictionary
Stranglernoun
one who, or that which, strangles
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Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of strangler in Chaldean Numerology is: 1
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of strangler in Pythagorean Numerology is: 6
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