as in murderer
a person who kills another person
shot down by an unknown assassin
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Recent Examples of assassin
Carbon monoxide is a quiet assassin.
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Sara Novak, Scientific American, 11 Sep. 2025
Two flickering votive candles, and twelve white roses were placed Wednesday evening at Traditions Plaza at the University of Missouri in honor of the life of conservative activitist Charlie Kirk, 31, who only hours before was killed by an assassin’s bullet in Utah.
—Eric Adler, Kansas City Star, 11 Sep. 2025
The names of multiple Democratic Wisconsin lawmakers were found on documents among the Minnesota assassin's belongings.
—Lawrence Andrea, jsonline.com, 11 Sep. 2025
But luck won’t beat you in Marvel Tōkon, a surgical gamepad assassin will.
—Christopher Cruz, Rolling Stone, 9 Sep. 2025
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Sara Novak, Scientific American, 11 Sep. 2025
Two flickering votive candles, and twelve white roses were placed Wednesday evening at Traditions Plaza at the University of Missouri in honor of the life of conservative activitist Charlie Kirk, 31, who only hours before was killed by an assassin’s bullet in Utah.
—Eric Adler, Kansas City Star, 11 Sep. 2025
The names of multiple Democratic Wisconsin lawmakers were found on documents among the Minnesota assassin's belongings.
—Lawrence Andrea, jsonline.com, 11 Sep. 2025
But luck won’t beat you in Marvel Tōkon, a surgical gamepad assassin will.
—Christopher Cruz, Rolling Stone, 9 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for assassin
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Quadruple murderer Bryan Kohberger claimed in court documents that he was diagnosed with four mental health disorders in the months leading up to his guilty plea in the killings of four University of Idaho students.—
Stephen Sorace,
FOXNews.com,
5 Sep. 2025
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There is nothing here that indicates, as the late Professor Harbage has well said, that in order to be king hereafter Macbeth must be murderer first.—
Emily Zarevich,
JSTOR Daily,
3 Sep. 2025
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Woman of the Hour In her directorial debut, Anna Kendrick stars as aspiring actress Sheryl Bradshaw, who unknowingly crosses paths with a covert serial killer (Daniel Zovatto) while appearing on The Dating Game.—
Jacqueline Weiss,
PEOPLE,
7 Sep. 2025
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Compelling as that is, the mystery of Roman's whereabouts is nearly overshadowed by the arrival of a serial killer that's equal parts Jigsaw and the Riddler.—
Randall Colburn,
Entertainment Weekly,
6 Sep. 2025
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“Assassin.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/assassin. Accessed 13 Sep. 2025.
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