strangler \stran"gler\, n.
   one who, or that which, strangles. "the very strangler of
   their amity." --shak.
   1913 webster

strangler
     n 1: an epiphytic vine or tree whose aerial roots extend down the
          trunk of a supporting tree and coalesce around it
          eventually strangling the tree syn: strangler tree
     2: someone who kills by strangling syn: garroter, garrotter,
         throttler, choker
see also:
strangler tree garroter garrotter throttler choker 

50 moby thesaurus words for "strangler":
   cain, jack ketch, apache, assassin, assassinator, beheader,
   bloodletter, bloodshedder, bravo, burker, butcher, button man,
   cannibal, chastizer, cutthroat, deathsman, desperado, discipliner,
   electrocutioner, eradicator, executioner, exterminator, garroter,
   gorilla, gun, gunman, gunsel, hangman, hatchet man, head-hunter,
   headsman, hit man, homicidal maniac, homicide, killer, man-eater,
   man-killer, manslayer, massacrer, matador, murderer, pesticide,
   poison, poisoner, punisher, slaughterer, slayer, thug, torpedo,
   trigger man