stranglers
Those who asphyxiate
Stranglers is the plural of strangler—someone or something that strangles, killing or attacking by compressing the throat.
The term often appears in true crime contexts: The Boston Strangler terrorized the city in the 1960s.
In botany, strangler figs are plants that grow around host trees, eventually killing them by cutting off light and nutrients.
One who unlawfully kills
- assassinPaid murderer of targets
- homicideCausing another's death
- asphyxiationDeath from oxygen loss
- throttlingRestricting flow or speed
choking · garrote · victim · forensics · detective · investigation · serial killer · psychopath
Self-supporting fig tree
- epiphyteNon-parasitic botanical hitchhiker
- aerial rootsRoots growing above ground
- prop rootsAerial roots providing stability
- host treeTree bearing dependent organisms
rainforest · canopy · tropical · germination · encirclement · envelopment · suffocation · parasitism
State of being constricted
- pressureForce upon contact
- suffocationFatal lack of air
- compressionForcing into smaller space
- squeezingPressing inward firmly
grip · chokehold · entanglement · encirclement · narrowing · confinement · restraint · tourniquet
murderer
One who unlawfully kills
- assassinPaid murderer of targets
- homicideCausing another's death
- asphyxiationDeath from oxygen loss
throttling · choking · garrote · victim · forensics · detective · investigation · serial killer · psychopath · premeditated
banyan
Self-supporting fig tree
- epiphyteNon-parasitic botanical hitchhiker
- aerial rootsRoots growing above ground
- prop rootsAerial roots providing stability
host tree · rainforest · canopy · tropical · germination · encirclement · envelopment · suffocation · parasitism · ecosystem
tightness
State of being constricted
- pressureForce upon contact
- suffocationFatal lack of air
- compressionForcing into smaller space
squeezing · grip · chokehold · entanglement · encirclement · narrowing · confinement · restraint · tourniquet · vise
kudzu
Aggressive Asian climbing plant
- bindweedTwining parasitic weed
- ivyEvergreen climbing plant
- honeysuckleFragrant twining flowering vine
climbing · creepers · twining · overgrowth · invasive · entwining · smother · suffocate · lianas · infestation
punk rock
Stripped-down aggressive rock genre
stranglersshooters
People who fire guns
stabbers · poisoners · bombers · bludgeoners · arsonists
stranglersresuscitators
Devices restoring breath
rescuers · lifesavers · paramedics · first responders · lifeguards
- Boston StranglerSerial killer, Massachusetts, sixties
- strangler figsTrees engulfing host plants