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strangler
stran·gle S0794100 (străng′gəl)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.
[Middle English stranglen, from Old French estrangler, from Latin strangulāre, from Greek strangalan, from strangalē, halter.]
stran′gler n.strangler (ˈstræŋɡlə) n1. a person or thing that strangles2. (Botany) a plant, esp a fig in tropical rainforests, that starts as an epiphyte but sends roots to the ground and eventually forms a tree with many aerial roots, usually killing the hostThesaurus| 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 treestrangler treeClusia major, Clusia rosea, pitch apple, strangler fig - a common tropical American clusia having solitary white or rose flowersaerophyte, 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 stranglingchoker, garroter, garrotter, throttlerkiller, slayer - someone who causes the death of a person or animal |
Translationsstrangler
a (real) frog-stranglerA particularly heavy or torrential downpour of rain. (Chiefly heard in the southern United States.) It's a real frog-strangler out there today—looks like we'll have to have our barbecue another day. There's no way I'm biking to work in a frog-strangler like this!a (real) toad-stranglerA particularly heavy or torrential downpour of rain. (Chiefly heard in the southern United States.) It's a real toad-strangler out there today—looks like we'll have to have our barbecue another day. There's no way I'm biking to work in a toad-strangler like this!FinancialSeeStranglestrangler
Related to strangler: frog stranglerSynonyms for stranglernoun an epiphytic vine or tree whose aerial roots extend down the trunk of a supporting tree and coalesce around it eventually strangling the treeSynonymsRelated Words- Clusia major
- Clusia rosea
- pitch apple
- strangler fig
- aerophyte
- air plant
- epiphyte
- epiphytic plant
noun someone who kills by stranglingSynonyms- choker
- garroter
- garrotter
- throttler
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