strangler

stran·gle  (strnggl)

v. stran·gled, stran·gling, stran·gles

v.tr.

1.

a. To kill by squeezing the throat so as to choke or suffocate; throttle.

b. To cut off the oxygen supply of; smother.

2. To suppress, repress, or stifle: strangle a scream.

3. To inhibit the growth or action of; restrict: "That artist is strangled who is forced to deal with human beings solely in social terms" (James Baldwin).

v.intr.

1. To become strangled.

2. To die from suffocation or strangulation; choke.

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[Middle English stranglen, from Old French estrangler, from Latin strangulre, from Greek strangalan, from strangal, halter.]

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strangler n.

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strangler [ˈstræŋglə]

n

1. a person or thing that strangles

2. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Botany) a plant, esp a fig in tropical rain forests, that starts as an epiphyte but sends roots to the ground and eventually forms a tree with many aerial roots, usually killing the host

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	strangler - 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 Clusia major, Clusia rosea, pitch apple, strangler fig - a common tropical American clusia having solitary white or rose flowers aerophyte, air plant, epiphyte, epiphytic plant - plant that derives moisture and nutrients from the air and rain; usually grows on another plant but not parasitic on it
	2.	strangler - someone who kills by strangling choker, garroter, garrotter, throttler killer, slayer - someone who causes the death of a person or animal

Translations

strangler [ˈstræŋgləʳ] N → estrangulador(a) m/f

strangler [ˈstræŋglə^r] n → étrangleur m

strangler

n → Würger(in) m(f)

strangler [ˈstræŋgləʳ] n → strangolatore/trice

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strangler [ˈstræŋgləʳ] n → strangolatore/trice