strangler

1. Someone who strangles, especially who murders by strangling.

   Würger, Würgerin

   души́тельdušítelʹ, души́тельницаdušítelʹnica

   someone who kills by strangling

2. An epiphyte whose aerial roots eventually strangle the tree on which it grows.

   an epiphytic vine or tree whose aerial roots extend down the trunk of a supporting tree and coalesce around it eventually strangling the tree

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