strangler
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8.1
- noun
- /ˈstræŋɡlər/
- NSFW
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estrangulador
- - Well, he's the only strangler suspect I have right now.
- strangler's victims
- strangler case
- a serial strangler
Ben Bradlee, who was the longtime editor of The Washington Post, The Boston Strangler was part of the inner city group.
- Ben Bradlee, who was the longtime editor of The Washington Post, The Boston Strangler was part of the inner city group.
- And I came back to child's play when I thought of, when I thought of the Hillside Strangler, the Brad Duriff part.
Examples
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I was asked to write a television movie on the Hillside Strangler, whom you might remember it was a Los Angeles serial killer.
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What would the Seaside Strangler want with you?
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You know, the Boston Strangler was on a sex trip.
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I thought you said he was a strangler.
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Then he did one like the Hillside Strangler.
Fiction book (1995) -
Inspector, will you confirm somebody is copying the Boston Strangler?
Fiction book (1995) -
For God's sake, it's the Boston Strangler, Albert deSalvo.
Fiction book (1995) -
Janet was in Psycho, and Tony Curtis played the Boston Strangler.
Fiction book (2001) -
The police are searching for a strangler who has been targeting victims in the local area.
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After extensive investigation, they identified the strangler as a man who lived nearby.
Synonyms
A person who kills someone by strangling them
A person who kills someone by strangling them with a wire or cord
A person who kills someone by strangling them
A person who kills or tries to kill someone by strangling
Compounds
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8.5
A tropical tree that begins life on another tree then grows around and often kills it
- Specialized
A large tree that starts on another tree and grows roots that wrap and cover the host
A tree or vine that grows on another tree and sends roots down to surround and kill it
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Strangler comes from the verb strangle, which means 'to squeeze or choke', plus the ending -er meaning 'one who'. So a strangler is literally 'one who chokes', which explains the modern meaning of a person who kills by squeezing the throat.