stranglernoun [ C ]
uk/ˈstræŋ.ɡlər/us/ˈstræŋ.ɡlɚ/a person who kills people by pressing their throats so that they cannot breathe:
The newspapers dubbed him "the Boston Strangler".
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Murderers & attackers
- abductor
- assailant
- assassin
- attacker
- bandit
- beater
- butcher
- cyberbully
- death squad
- gunman
- highwayman
- killer
- marauder
- mugger
- murderer
- parricide
- poisoner
- regicide
- slasher
- slayer
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