strangler

Noun

Meaning

One who, or that which, strangles.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

killer murderer assassin choker garroter throttler asphyxiator slayer bravo hangman butcher cannibal stifler gun collar
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Antonyms

peacekeeper producer dove peacemaker civilian prey
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Hypernyms

slayer killer epiphyte air plant aerophyte epiphytic plant

Hyponyms

pitch apple Clusia major Clusia rosea

Phrases with the word

strangler tree come a frog strangler santa cruz strangler

Examples

Daunos according to Walde Hoffmann LEW third ed. I p. 468, as cited by G. Alessio "Genti e Favelle dell'antica Apulia" In Archivio Storico Pugliese 1949 p. 11. is from IE root *dhau to strangle, meaning the strangler, epithet of the wolf: cfr. Source: Internet

About Northern Light Productions Northern Light Productions produced the acclaimed documentary, Confessions of the Boston Strangler, and their Strangler Team has been investigating this story for more than five years. Source: Internet

In 1952 Pol Pot, Hou Yuon, Ieng Sary, and other leftists gained notoriety by sending an open letter to Sihanouk calling him the "strangler of infant democracy." Source: Internet

At Missouri’s Crossroads Correctional Facility, Piers Morgan comes face to face with Lorenzo Gilyard—the Kansas City Strangler, and sets out to discover what drove this soft-spoken, seemingly ordinary man to kill multiple times over seventeen years. Source: Internet

And to keep Steve happy, they'll have wrestler Strangler Colombo (Harry Burns) impersonate Terrassi!" Source: Internet

However, when two more women are murdered in their homes, the police announce their conviction that the Westwood Strangler is responsible. Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

strangled stranglehold stranglement strangler fig strangler tree strangles