assassins

plural of assassin

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Recent Examples of assassins First, though, more assassins come for them. Kimberly Roots, TVLine, 10 Oct. 2025 Are assassins like Kirk’s killer simply pathological outliers among agitated but otherwise self-restrained populations? Ron Barrett, The Conversation, 2 Oct. 2025 The emperor died immediately, and afterward his assassins dragged his tattered remains through the streets of Haiti’s future capital. Marlene L. Daut september 22, Literary Hub, 22 Sep. 2025 Also on Monday, Whoopi Goldberg gave a powerful bit of advice to would-be assassins from her post on the talk show. Joey Nolfi, Entertainment Weekly, 16 Sep. 2025 These are the kinds of terrible questions assassins always raise. Editorial, Boston Herald, 12 Sep. 2025 The plane is filled with assassins assigned to kill them both. Saman Shafiq, USA Today, 8 Sep. 2025 The two Kill Bill films, while still about crime and criminals and ninja assassins, set themselves apart from his earlier works. Erik Kain, Forbes.com, 1 Sep. 2025 By adopting a policy of assassinating assassins, Israel sought international legitimacy, and perhaps even the quiet approval of some Lebanese. Lynn Zovighian, MSNBC Newsweek, 4 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for assassins
Noun
  • With the relentless coverage of the Murdaughs on national news, and certainly amid the plethora of podcasts and docuseries, many of the details about the family and Maggie and Paul’s murderers have long been public knowledge.
    Aramide Tinubu, Variety, 15 Oct. 2025
  • Hodge leads the cast in the titular role of Alex Cross, a brilliant homicide detective and forensic psychologist, uniquely capable of digging into the minds of murderers to identify and catch them.
    Rosy Cordero, Deadline, 9 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Hexum played Mac Harper, the former Special Forces soldier helping Dani Reynolds (Jennifer O'Neill) find her husband's killers.
    Angela Andaloro, PEOPLE, 20 Oct. 2025
  • But where the power play has been quiet for the last few nights, the penalty killers have been spot-on.
    Jess Myers, Twin Cities, 19 Oct. 2025

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“Assassins.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/assassins. Accessed 23 Oct. 2025.

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