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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The murderer, on a road trip from Iowa, had been stranded in Wayne County after hitting an elk and totaling his truck.—
Stephen Trimble,
Denver Post,
8 Apr. 2026
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But what starts as a hunt for a murderer escalates into an undercover operation to foil a Far-Right bomb plot in the heart of London.—
Denise Petski,
Deadline,
8 Apr. 2026
Noun
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As the notorious Gilgo Beach serial killer admitted to the torture and murders of eight women throughout Long Island, New York, this week, Rex Heuermann also made an unlikely decision that could help investigators gain insight into his nearly two decades of violence.—
Julia Bonavita,
FOXNews.com,
9 Apr. 2026
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Rex Heuermann, the man known as the Gilgo Beach killer, admitted to killing eight women over a span of decades, and the FBI is now looking into what motivated the 62-year-old to carry out his crimes to help capture other criminals in the future.—
Matt Lavietes,
NBC news,
9 Apr. 2026
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“Assassin.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/assassin. Accessed 17 Apr. 2026.
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