as in murderer
a person who kills another person
shot down by an unknown assassin
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Recent Examples of assassin
Well, that, and the small matter of a conspiracy involving the Ministry of Defense, a neighboring assassin, and a young girl who may or may not be dead.
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Jon O'Brien, IndieWire, 30 Oct. 2025
Mistaken for the world’s deadliest assassin, Ben becomes the perfect decoy for Eden.
—Matt Grobar, Deadline, 30 Oct. 2025
In the special, Harry (Jane Seymour) and Fergus (Rohan Nedd) are attending the wedding of Vicky (Danielle Ryan) and Corman (Muiris Crowley), when an assassin strikes.
—Yamillah Hurtado, PEOPLE, 29 Oct. 2025
Then there’s the NDA—the Non-Disclosure Agreement—the quiet little assassin of artistic transparency.
—Literary Hub, 27 Oct. 2025
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Jon O'Brien, IndieWire, 30 Oct. 2025
Mistaken for the world’s deadliest assassin, Ben becomes the perfect decoy for Eden.
—Matt Grobar, Deadline, 30 Oct. 2025
In the special, Harry (Jane Seymour) and Fergus (Rohan Nedd) are attending the wedding of Vicky (Danielle Ryan) and Corman (Muiris Crowley), when an assassin strikes.
—Yamillah Hurtado, PEOPLE, 29 Oct. 2025
Then there’s the NDA—the Non-Disclosure Agreement—the quiet little assassin of artistic transparency.
—Literary Hub, 27 Oct. 2025
See All Example Sentences for assassin
Recent Examples of Synonyms for assassin
Noun
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That case went cold as the murderers were never caught.—
Stephanie Sengwe,
PEOPLE,
25 Oct. 2025
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The place is the Savin Bar + Kitchen, in Boston's Dorchester neighborhood, where immediately inside the front door, patrons are greeted by a larger-than-life framed mugshot of Bulger — the mob-boss, murderer, bank robber, drug dealer and extortionist — peering cooly out from under his fedora.—
Tovia Smith,
NPR,
24 Oct. 2025
Noun
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For two decades, an unidentified serial killer terrorized young couples throughout small towns in Florence, Italy.—
Emily Blackwood,
PEOPLE,
25 Oct. 2025
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Christopher Revak, who took his own life after being charged with murder, may have been a serial killer, police believe.—
Jenna Sundel,
MSNBC Newsweek,
24 Oct. 2025
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“Assassin.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/assassin. Accessed 8 Nov. 2025.
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