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a person who kills another person
shot down by an unknown assassin
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Recent Examples of assassins
The plane is filled with assassins assigned to kill them both.
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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
The Director also trains young girls to be ballerina-assassins, and one young ballerina (played by Unity Phelan) is shown rehearsing in the scene.
—Ars Technica, 19 Mar. 2025
For some reason, filmmakers have long been of the opinion that hired assassins are just like us, worried about such things as getting older and job security.
—Frank Scheck, The Hollywood Reporter, 19 Feb. 2025
Capone was holed up in Florida at the time but is believed to have sent four assassins to take out Moran and his operatives.
—Sarah Holzmann, Smithsonian Magazine, 14 Feb. 2025
The young, female assassins in one scene are wearing miniskirts and dashing around in clacket-y colored heels, looking unusually stylish.
—Samantha Conti, WWD, 13 Feb. 2025
Kennedy, 71, has spent his lifetime in the spotlight since his Democratic uncle and father were felled by assassins’ bullets in the 1960s but now is set to take on his biggest role yet.
—Dave Goldiner, New York Daily News, 13 Feb. 2025
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
The Director also trains young girls to be ballerina-assassins, and one young ballerina (played by Unity Phelan) is shown rehearsing in the scene.
—Ars Technica, 19 Mar. 2025
For some reason, filmmakers have long been of the opinion that hired assassins are just like us, worried about such things as getting older and job security.
—Frank Scheck, The Hollywood Reporter, 19 Feb. 2025
Capone was holed up in Florida at the time but is believed to have sent four assassins to take out Moran and his operatives.
—Sarah Holzmann, Smithsonian Magazine, 14 Feb. 2025
The young, female assassins in one scene are wearing miniskirts and dashing around in clacket-y colored heels, looking unusually stylish.
—Samantha Conti, WWD, 13 Feb. 2025
Kennedy, 71, has spent his lifetime in the spotlight since his Democratic uncle and father were felled by assassins’ bullets in the 1960s but now is set to take on his biggest role yet.
—Dave Goldiner, New York Daily News, 13 Feb. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for assassins
Noun
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He’s joined by another (somewhat literal) murderers’ row of actors including Glenn Close, Josh Brolin, Mila Kunis, Kerry Washington, Cailee Spaeny, Andrew Scott, and Thomas Haden Church.—
Christian Blauvelt,
IndieWire,
8 Sep. 2025
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If drug traffickers are a legitimate target, well then why aren't rapists, murderers and child abusers?—
Carlo Versano,
MSNBC Newsweek,
3 Sep. 2025
Noun
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The six-episode limited series fictionalizes the rise and fall of the sisters Arcángela and Serafina Baladro, who built an empire of brothels and became infamous for being the most ruthless and feared serial killers in the country.—
Billie Melissa,
MSNBC Newsweek,
11 Sep. 2025
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So treat your crepe myrtles according to label directions with a systemic insecticide called bio advance tree and shrub insect killers.—
Steve Bender,
Southern Living,
10 Sep. 2025
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“Assassins.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/assassins. Accessed 16 Sep. 2025.
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