as in murderer
a person who kills another person
shot down by an unknown assassin
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Making company debuts are soprano Madison Leonard as Gilda, Argentinian-American tenor José Simerilla Romero as the Duke, bass Peixin Chen as paid assassin Sparafucile and Tijuana-based mezzo-soprano Guadalupe Paz as Sparafucile’s sister, Maddalena.
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Pam Kragen, San Diego Union-Tribune, 22 Mar. 2026
On paper, Gosling’s turn as a CIA operative named Six who is entrusted with protecting a tween girl from an unhinged assassin should be, if not amazing, at least watchable.
—Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 20 Mar. 2026
Mirrors were such a precious commodity in the heyday of the Venetian Republic that the assassins were dispatched to, well, dispatch any defectors who left La Serenissima and tried to take the secrets of creating that mesmerizing, reflective surface along with them.
—Mark Ellwood, Robb Report, 17 Mar. 2026
Despite losing a similar argument in federal court at the end of January, accused CEO assassin Luigi Mangione's defense team is again vying to have damning evidence from his backpack suppressed in a New York state court.
—Michael Ruiz , Maria Paronich, FOXNews.com, 17 Mar. 2026
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Pam Kragen, San Diego Union-Tribune, 22 Mar. 2026
On paper, Gosling’s turn as a CIA operative named Six who is entrusted with protecting a tween girl from an unhinged assassin should be, if not amazing, at least watchable.
—Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 20 Mar. 2026
Mirrors were such a precious commodity in the heyday of the Venetian Republic that the assassins were dispatched to, well, dispatch any defectors who left La Serenissima and tried to take the secrets of creating that mesmerizing, reflective surface along with them.
—Mark Ellwood, Robb Report, 17 Mar. 2026
Despite losing a similar argument in federal court at the end of January, accused CEO assassin Luigi Mangione's defense team is again vying to have damning evidence from his backpack suppressed in a New York state court.
—Michael Ruiz , Maria Paronich, FOXNews.com, 17 Mar. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for assassin
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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
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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 10 Apr. 2026.
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