as in murderer
a person who kills another person
shot down by an unknown assassin
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Recent Examples of assassin
All but two of the North Korean assassins were gunned down or killed themselves.
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Choe Sang-Hun, New York Times, 10 Apr. 2025
Sure enough, Ray takes the hit like a champ when a mysterious assassin emerges from the shadows and fires a gnarly one off in his leg.
—Andy Andersen, Vulture, 6 Apr. 2025
The actor, 60, will reprise his role as the titular assassin in John Wick: Chapter 5, Lionsgate announced at CinemaCon 2025 in Las Vegas on Tuesday, April 1.
—Benjamin Vanhoose, People.com, 1 Apr. 2025
In Guy Hamilton’s Diamonds Are Forever (1971) — the sixth and final Eon film to star Sean Connery — Glover and jazz musician Smith entertained moviegoers as Mr. Wint and Mr. Kidd, gay assassins who do the bidding for diamond smuggler Ernst Stavro Blofeld (Charles Gray).
—Mike Barnes, HollywoodReporter, 29 Mar. 2025
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Choe Sang-Hun, New York Times, 10 Apr. 2025
Sure enough, Ray takes the hit like a champ when a mysterious assassin emerges from the shadows and fires a gnarly one off in his leg.
—Andy Andersen, Vulture, 6 Apr. 2025
The actor, 60, will reprise his role as the titular assassin in John Wick: Chapter 5, Lionsgate announced at CinemaCon 2025 in Las Vegas on Tuesday, April 1.
—Benjamin Vanhoose, People.com, 1 Apr. 2025
In Guy Hamilton’s Diamonds Are Forever (1971) — the sixth and final Eon film to star Sean Connery — Glover and jazz musician Smith entertained moviegoers as Mr. Wint and Mr. Kidd, gay assassins who do the bidding for diamond smuggler Ernst Stavro Blofeld (Charles Gray).
—Mike Barnes, HollywoodReporter, 29 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for assassin
Noun
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Joe Biden and Border Czar Harris allowed murderers, rapists, and vicious gang members to flood into our country unvetted.—
Nicholas Creel,
MSNBC Newsweek,
20 Apr. 2025
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The attorney for Rachel Morin's family says the trial of her murderer is a testament to relentless law enforcement and a devastating indictment of immigration failures that allowed her killer to murder the Maryland mom of five.—
Sarah Rumpf-Whitten,
FOXNews.com,
17 Apr. 2025
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Moat did attract a sick fandom, but that sort of ugly love does not stay a killer’s hand.—
Helen Shaw,
New Yorker,
17 Apr. 2025
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Rachel’s mother Patty Morin drew an implicit parallel between her daughter’s killer and Abrego Garcia at her White House appearance, even though the latter has never been charged with a crime.—
Niall Stanage,
The Hill,
17 Apr. 2025
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“Assassin.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/assassin. Accessed 1 May. 2025.
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