strangler Meaning, Definition & Usage
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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
strangler tree.
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noun someone who kills by strangling
garroter; garrotter; choker; throttler.
WordNet
Stran"gler noun
Definitions
One who, or that which, strangles. "The very strangler of their amity." Shak.
