as in murderer
a person who kills another person
shot down by an unknown assassin
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Recent Examples of assassin
Two days after the alleged assassin, believed to be a left-wing activist, was handcuffed at the annual White House Correspondents’ Association dinner, the Wall Street Journal created a graph visualizing the CSIS study’s findings.
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Mia Cathell, The Washington Examiner, 1 May 2026
The hit was outsourced to a hulking Estonian assassin, Imre (the Butcher) Arakas, who arrived at Dublin Airport on April 3, 2017, and was immediately tailed by officers from the An Garda Síochána’s Drugs and Organised Crime Bureau, who arrested him the next day.
—Ed Caesar, New Yorker, 30 Apr. 2026
So when an armed assassin appeared to run past a Secret Service magnetometer checkpoint at the White House Correspondents' Association Dinner, questions have been raised.
—Donald J. Mihalek, ABC News, 27 Apr. 2026
Confronting her ends in violence, drawing Reacher into a web of secrets involving the Pentagon, political assassins and a powerful woman with ties to the military.
—Emily Blackwood, PEOPLE, 27 Apr. 2026
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Mia Cathell, The Washington Examiner, 1 May 2026
The hit was outsourced to a hulking Estonian assassin, Imre (the Butcher) Arakas, who arrived at Dublin Airport on April 3, 2017, and was immediately tailed by officers from the An Garda Síochána’s Drugs and Organised Crime Bureau, who arrested him the next day.
—Ed Caesar, New Yorker, 30 Apr. 2026
So when an armed assassin appeared to run past a Secret Service magnetometer checkpoint at the White House Correspondents' Association Dinner, questions have been raised.
—Donald J. Mihalek, ABC News, 27 Apr. 2026
Confronting her ends in violence, drawing Reacher into a web of secrets involving the Pentagon, political assassins and a powerful woman with ties to the military.
—Emily Blackwood, PEOPLE, 27 Apr. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for assassin
Noun
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Harris was no longer seen as a murderer, and the state decided not to retry him.—
Nate Anderson,
ArsTechnica,
14 May 2026
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The entire movie, people just keep talking about how Clint Eastwood’s character, William Munny, was the most incredible murderer the West has ever seen.—
Mikey O'Connell,
HollywoodReporter,
12 May 2026
Noun
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But wait, isn’t alcohol good for the heart — the leading killer of men and women worldwide?—
Sandee LaMotte,
CNN Money,
14 May 2026
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There were no witnesses and no forensic technology to single out a killer.—
Peter Van Sant,
CBS News,
14 May 2026
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“Assassin.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/assassin. Accessed 15 May. 2026.
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