as in murderers
a person who kills another person
shot down by an unknown assassin
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Recent Examples of assassins
Unfortunately, Daemon’s hired assassins killed Aegon’s young son Jaehaerys instead so any real possibility for a family reconciliation was lost.
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Tracy Brown,
Los Angeles Times,
19 June 2026
Forced to flee together, the pair embark on a high-stakes road trip across Europe while being hunted by law enforcement, elite assassins and dangerous criminals.
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Lily Brown,
PEOPLE,
8 June 2026
The bombshells, Gabriel from Brazil and Kayda from New Hampshire, arrive like sexy assassins and silently start making out with everyone standing on a red dot.
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Kathleen Walsh,
Vulture,
3 June 2026
His legacy as one of rap’s great subliminal assassins is one of the most impressive parts of his career.
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Jayson Buford,
Rolling Stone,
3 June 2026
During the century-plus the Secret Service resided within the Treasury Department, there were presidential deaths at the hands of assassins (McKinley and Kennedy) or near-death episodes (Reagan).
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Patrick Eddington,
Oc Register,
1 June 2026
Later, the team pieces together that the assassins were professionals who had been hired by someone with deep pockets.
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Randall Colburn,
Entertainment Weekly,
25 May 2026
The film follows a unit of young assassins who belong to the titular organization, trained in a tropical rainforest by a figure known only as Master.
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Naman Ramachandran,
Variety,
12 May 2026
Riquelme Vega, a Chilean Dutch cocaine importer also in the Super Cartel, wanted to murder a rival in Dubai by sending a team of Colombian assassins to the Emirates, Kinahan voiced his disapproval.
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Ed Caesar,
New Yorker,
30 Apr. 2026
Tracy Brown,
Los Angeles Times,
19 June 2026
Forced to flee together, the pair embark on a high-stakes road trip across Europe while being hunted by law enforcement, elite assassins and dangerous criminals.
—
Lily Brown,
PEOPLE,
8 June 2026
The bombshells, Gabriel from Brazil and Kayda from New Hampshire, arrive like sexy assassins and silently start making out with everyone standing on a red dot.
—
Kathleen Walsh,
Vulture,
3 June 2026
His legacy as one of rap’s great subliminal assassins is one of the most impressive parts of his career.
—
Jayson Buford,
Rolling Stone,
3 June 2026
During the century-plus the Secret Service resided within the Treasury Department, there were presidential deaths at the hands of assassins (McKinley and Kennedy) or near-death episodes (Reagan).
—
Patrick Eddington,
Oc Register,
1 June 2026
Later, the team pieces together that the assassins were professionals who had been hired by someone with deep pockets.
—
Randall Colburn,
Entertainment Weekly,
25 May 2026
The film follows a unit of young assassins who belong to the titular organization, trained in a tropical rainforest by a figure known only as Master.
—
Naman Ramachandran,
Variety,
12 May 2026
Riquelme Vega, a Chilean Dutch cocaine importer also in the Super Cartel, wanted to murder a rival in Dubai by sending a team of Colombian assassins to the Emirates, Kinahan voiced his disapproval.
—
Ed Caesar,
New Yorker,
30 Apr. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for assassins
Noun
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There can be legitimate debate on immigration, but Trump veers into sinister areas of xenophobia of invading rapists and murderers.
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That year, even major characters and first-person narrators wound up dead, killed by strangers or friends or family members, often by parents, or serial murderers, or in accidents, usually right at the end at the story, no warning.
Noun
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Messy financials are one of the biggest deal killers in any exit process.
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In the Cross crime drama, Hodge plays a brilliant homicide detective and forensic psychologist who digs into the minds of serial killers to identify and catch them.
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“Assassins.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/assassins. Accessed 1 Jul. 2026.
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