strangler
One who chokes
A strangler is someone who kills by squeezing the throat, cutting off air or blood flow.
The word extends to anything that chokes or suppresses: The invasive vine was a strangler of native plants.
A strangler fig is a tropical plant that wraps around host trees, eventually killing them.
One who unlawfully kills
- assassinPaid murderer of targets
- slayerOne who kills
- homicideCausing another's death
- victimOne harmed by another
garrote · choke · asphyxiate · suffocate · criminal · psychopath · serial · perpetrator
Ficus tree's sweet produce
- banyanSelf-supporting fig tree
- vineTrailing climbing plant
- epiphyteNon-parasitic botanical hitchhiker
- aerialElevated, or signal-catcher
roots · host · parasitic · liana · canopy · rainforest · tropical · jungle
murderer
One who unlawfully kills
victim · garrote · choke · asphyxiate · suffocate · criminal · psychopath · serial · perpetrator · felon
fig
Ficus tree's sweet produce
aerial · roots · host · parasitic · liana · canopy · rainforest · tropical · jungle · forest
chokehold
Neck-constricting restraint
- headlockRestraining grip around neck
- gripSecure manual hold
- submissionYielding to another's will
grapple · clinch · hold · lock · takedown · jiu-jitsu · judo · mat · combat · maneuver
thriller
Suspense-driven narrative genre
- slasherKnife-wielding horror villain
- suspenseAnxious uncertainty about outcomes
- victimOne harmed by another
terror · dread · macabre · sinister · menacing · creepy · eerie · haunting · nightmare · frightening
- dangersdanger, peril, hazard, risk, menace
- criminalsmurderer, thief, burglar, criminal, killer
- attackersaggressor, assailant, attacker, assaulter, ambusher
- Assassinsassassin, hitman, John Wilkes Booth, Lee Harvey Oswald, Brutus
- villainsvillain, antagonists, Darth Vader, evil characters, Joker
- Boston StranglerSerial killer, Massachusetts, sixties
- strangler figsTrees engulfing host plants
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