as in murderers
a person who kills another person
shot down by an unknown assassin
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Recent Examples of assassins
Are assassins like Kirk’s killer simply pathological outliers among agitated but otherwise self-restrained populations?
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Ron Barrett, The Conversation, 2 Oct. 2025
Brian’s life is saved by Murtagh, who tackles him and rolls him to a hiding spot while the assassins pass.
—Kimberly Roots, TVLine, 26 Sep. 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
Ron Barrett, The Conversation, 2 Oct. 2025
Brian’s life is saved by Murtagh, who tackles him and rolls him to a hiding spot while the assassins pass.
—Kimberly Roots, TVLine, 26 Sep. 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
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And there exists no explicit government edict banning speculation about the motivation of murderers.—
Onkar Ghate,
Oc Register,
26 Sep. 2025
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Such comparisons are too easily drawn, with too much self-righteousness, as though the guilt for what was done to the Jews could be lightened just a little by likening them to their own murderers.—
Ian Buruma,
New Yorker,
22 Sep. 2025
Noun
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The company’s ethos is centered on significantly shortening the drug discovery and development process, ultimately creating medicines to treat the most significant killers, starting with aggressive cancers like breast cancer, prostate cancer, and lymphoma.—
Alexa Mikhail,
Flow Space,
29 Sep. 2025
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Author Alma Katsu and writer-librarian Becky Spratford sat down for a conversation to discuss exactly why readers are more interested in horror — including everything from ghost stories to tales of serial killers — than ever before.—
Charlotte Phillipp,
PEOPLE,
28 Sep. 2025
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“Assassins.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/assassins. Accessed 7 Oct. 2025.
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