Strangler: alternatives and connections

A plant growing entirely in the air, and receiving its nourishment from it; an air plant or epiphyte.

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A plant deriving its sustenance from the air alone; an aerophyte.

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An air plant which grows on other plants, but does not derive its nourishment from them. See Air plant.

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One who deprives of life; one who, or that which, kills.

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One who slays; a killer; a murderer; a destrroyer of life.

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To compress the windpipe of (a person or animal) until death results from stoppage of respiration; to choke to death by compressing the throat, as wi…

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To compress the windpipe of (a person or animal) until death results from stoppage of respiration; to choke to death by compressing the throat, as wi…

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One who, or that which, chokes.

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One who seizes a person by the throat from behind, with a view to strangle and rob him.

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One who, or that which, throttles, or chokes.

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