as in murderer
a person who kills another person
shot down by an unknown assassin
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Recent Examples of assassin
Later, the team pieces together that the assassins were professionals who had been hired by someone with deep pockets.
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Randall Colburn, Entertainment Weekly, 25 May 2026
Three years later, a would-be assassin took aim at Roosevelt, too.
—Douglas Brinkley, USA Today, 24 May 2026
The open-world game follows a shinobi assassin and a powerful samurai caught in the midst of political unrest in feudal Japan.
—Sheena Vasani, The Verge, 23 May 2026
To play Baby Karmakar, the deaf-mute assassin at the center of it, Qureshi learned sign language.
—Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 22 May 2026
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Randall Colburn, Entertainment Weekly, 25 May 2026
Three years later, a would-be assassin took aim at Roosevelt, too.
—Douglas Brinkley, USA Today, 24 May 2026
The open-world game follows a shinobi assassin and a powerful samurai caught in the midst of political unrest in feudal Japan.
—Sheena Vasani, The Verge, 23 May 2026
To play Baby Karmakar, the deaf-mute assassin at the center of it, Qureshi learned sign language.
—Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 22 May 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for assassin
Noun
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An erudite peek into the brains of both murderers and those who study them, Crazy, Not Insane takes you behind the true crime and into the minds of true criminals.—
James Mercadante,
Entertainment Weekly,
4 June 2026
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Rhys is joined by a murderer’s row of character actors, including Stephen Root, Kate O’Flynn, Dale Dickey, Kevin Carroll, Jeff Hiller, Neil Casey, and more.—
Kate Erbland,
IndieWire,
3 June 2026
Noun
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Decades after Jones’ killing, investigators sent the evidence to a laboratory for processing and established a DNA profile of the killer.—
Saleen Martin,
USA Today,
5 June 2026
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But a scattering of anglers is convinced that flavoring bait with tobacco is a sure-enough killer.—
Byron W. Dalrymple,
Outdoor Life,
4 June 2026
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“Assassin.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/assassin. Accessed 7 Jun. 2026.
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