Strangler (noun)

1. A person who strangles another person, typically with the intent to kill.
2. A tree or vine that grows by wrapping its stem around a host tree or support, often smothering or killing it.

Origin:

From the verb "to strangle" (old english strangian, from latin strangulare).

Examples:

1. The police are searching for the strangler who killed three women in the city.
2. In the jungle, strangler figs grow around host trees, slowly choking them to death.
3. He was convicted of being a strangler and sentenced to life in prison.
4. The strangler vine was slowly suffocating the host tree.
5. He was known as the strangler because of his tendency to choke his opponents during wrestling matches.