strangler

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noun

1. 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 tree
• Derivationally related forms:
strangle
• Hypernyms:
air plant, epiphyte, aerophyte, epiphytic plant
• Hyponyms:
pitch apple, strangler fig, Clusia rosea, Clusia major
2. someone who kills by strangling
• Syn:
garroter, garrotter, throttler, choker
• Derivationally related forms:
choke (for: choker), throttle (for: throttler), strangle, garrotte (for: garrotter), garrote (for: garroter)
• Hypernyms:
killer, slayer

• Từ đồng nghĩa / Synonyms:
  gag, choke, suffocate, hamper, halter, cramp, smother, stifle, muffle, repress, strangulate, throttle