Strangler
noun
A person who kills by choking or suffocating another person.
The police are investigating a series of murders possibly committed by the same strangler.
Often appears as...
- serial strangler
- police hunt strangler
noun
A plant that wraps around other plants or structures and competes for their sunlight and nutrients.
The strangler fig is a type of tree that can grow on other trees and eventually kill them.
Often appears as...
- strangler fig
- strangler vine
Usage tips
Technical
noun
A person who kills by choking or suffocating another person.
The police are investigating a series of murders possibly committed by the same strangler.
Often appears as...
- serial strangler
- police hunt strangler
noun
A plant that wraps around other plants or structures and competes for their sunlight and nutrients.
The strangler fig is a type of tree that can grow on other trees and eventually kill them.
Often appears as...
- strangler fig
- strangler vine
Usage tips
Technical
Definition 1 of 2
Pro Tip 1/3Crime Context
Used in crime news or thrillers to describe a killer who suffocates victims.
Local newspapers reported that the strangler might strike again.
Pro Tip 2/3Negative Connotation
The term carries a dark, negative undertone, implying a brutal and personal method of killing.
After the trial, the strangler was found guilty and sentenced to life imprisonment.
Pro Tip 3/3Not a Profession
Don't confuse 'strangler' as a job title. It's an illegal, immoral action, not a career.
The suspect, rumored to be a professional hitman, was actually the elusive strangler.
Pro Tip 1/3Crime Context
Used in crime news or thrillers to describe a killer who suffocates victims.
Local newspapers reported that the strangler might strike again.
Pro Tip 2/3Negative Connotation
The term carries a dark, negative undertone, implying a brutal and personal method of killing.
After the trial, the strangler was found guilty and sentenced to life imprisonment.
Pro Tip 3/3Not a Profession
Don't confuse 'strangler' as a job title. It's an illegal, immoral action, not a career.
The suspect, rumored to be a professional hitman, was actually the elusive strangler.
Pro Tip 1/3Crime Context
Used in crime news or thrillers to describe a killer who suffocates victims.
Local newspapers reported that the strangler might strike again.
Pro Tip 2/3Negative Connotation
The term carries a dark, negative undertone, implying a brutal and personal method of killing.
After the trial, the strangler was found guilty and sentenced to life imprisonment.
Pro Tip 3/3Not a Profession
Don't confuse 'strangler' as a job title. It's an illegal, immoral action, not a career.
The suspect, rumored to be a professional hitman, was actually the elusive strangler.
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Video examples
Daniel Goleman: Why...
So at one point, my brother-in-law gets up the courage to ask the one question he really wants to know the answer to, and that how could you have done it? Didn't you feel any pity for your victims? These were very intimate murders -- he strangled his victims. And the strangler says very matter-of-factly,
Video examples
The Secret Life of...
ruthless the strangler fig which is in the ficus family from the moment they sprout strangler figs are competing with other trees around them for sunlight food and water and since mature trees have tall trunks and deep roots the fig saplings don't have much of a chance
Video examples
Strange answers to the...
said you know I've got the Stockwell strangler on one side of me and I've got the tiptoe through the tulips rapist on the other side of me so I tend to stay in my room a lot because I find quite frightening and they take Dad is a sign
Video examples
Daniel Goleman: Why...
So at one point, my brother-in-law gets up the courage to ask the one question he really wants to know the answer to, and that how could you have done it? Didn't you feel any pity for your victims? These were very intimate murders -- he strangled his victims. And the strangler says very matter-of-factly,
Video examples
The Secret Life of...
ruthless the strangler fig which is in the ficus family from the moment they sprout strangler figs are competing with other trees around them for sunlight food and water and since mature trees have tall trunks and deep roots the fig saplings don't have much of a chance
Video examples
Strange answers to the...
said you know I've got the Stockwell strangler on one side of me and I've got the tiptoe through the tulips rapist on the other side of me so I tend to stay in my room a lot because I find quite frightening and they take Dad is a sign
Example 1 of 3
Quote examples
Mark Fuhrman
American Public Servant
I know that on LAPD they have used psychics. They used it on the Hillside strangler case. I'm not sure on the Richard Ramirez case. I can't say one thing or another about it. I've read about it. I really don't have a lot to say about if it works or if it doesn't.
Quote examples
Mark Fuhrman
American Public Servant
I know that on LAPD they have used psychics. They used it on the Hillside strangler case. I'm not sure on the Richard Ramirez case. I can't say one thing or another about it. I've read about it. I really don't have a lot to say about if it works or if it doesn't.
Example 1 of 1
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