as in murderer
a person who kills another person
shot down by an unknown assassin
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Recent Examples of assassin
He's knocked out and in the trunk of Irene the German assassin's car.
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Jordan Hoffman, Entertainment Weekly, 6 Apr. 2026
In the latest episode that aired on Sunday, Leaphorn (Zahn McClarnon) and his team were hot on the heels of Vaggan (Franka Potente), but the assassin was always one step ahead.
—Lisa De Los Reyes, HollywoodReporter, 30 Mar. 2026
No wonder all these characters wanted to become assassins, Scott implies; they’re removed from reality by so many orders of magnitude that living, breathing fellow humans are just blurry images.
—Theater Critic, San Francisco Chronicle, 29 Mar. 2026
Lillian Cross, a doctor’s wife, ended up standing near the would-be assassin.
—Miami Herald Archives, Miami Herald, 27 Mar. 2026
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Jordan Hoffman, Entertainment Weekly, 6 Apr. 2026
In the latest episode that aired on Sunday, Leaphorn (Zahn McClarnon) and his team were hot on the heels of Vaggan (Franka Potente), but the assassin was always one step ahead.
—Lisa De Los Reyes, HollywoodReporter, 30 Mar. 2026
No wonder all these characters wanted to become assassins, Scott implies; they’re removed from reality by so many orders of magnitude that living, breathing fellow humans are just blurry images.
—Theater Critic, San Francisco Chronicle, 29 Mar. 2026
Lillian Cross, a doctor’s wife, ended up standing near the would-be assassin.
—Miami Herald Archives, Miami Herald, 27 Mar. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for assassin
Noun
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Police scoff at the idea, so the women decide to find the murderer on their own.—
Sandra Dallas,
Denver Post,
19 Apr. 2026
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The statement said Midlothian police are partnered with other agencies, including the Texas Department of Public Safety, in the hunt for the murderer.—
Matthew Adams,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
17 Apr. 2026
Noun
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In the film, Theron plays Sasha, a grieving woman seeking solace in the Australian wilderness only to become caught in a deadly game of cat and mouse with a serial killer (Taron Egerton).—
Angel Saunders,
PEOPLE,
23 Apr. 2026
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That same standard kept killer robots from films like Runaway and Chopping Mall from making the cut, too.—
Keith Phipps,
Vulture,
23 Apr. 2026
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“Assassin.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/assassin. Accessed 26 Apr. 2026.
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