Throttler (Noun)
Meaning
Someone who kills by strangling.
Classification
Nouns denoting people.
Examples
- The police were searching for a throttler who had been terrorizing the city's nightlife.
- The throttler's method of choice was to sneak up behind his victims and grab their necks.
- In the movie, the detective was tasked with catching a throttler who was using a ligature to kill.
- After a string of bizarre murders, the media began calling the throttler "The Phantom Choker".
- The throttler's last victim was a young woman who had been walking home alone from the library.