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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 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.
—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
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
No wonder all these characters wanted to become assassins, Scott implies; they’re removed from reality by so many orders of magnitude that living, breathing fellow humans are just blurry images.
—Theater Critic, San Francisco Chronicle, 29 Mar. 2026
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
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
No wonder all these characters wanted to become assassins, Scott implies; they’re removed from reality by so many orders of magnitude that living, breathing fellow humans are just blurry images.
—Theater Critic, San Francisco Chronicle, 29 Mar. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for assassins
Noun
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The new episodes leave room for seriousness and depth amidst high jinks and naked murderers on the loose (seriously).—
Kelly Lawler,
USA Today,
28 May 2026
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The murderers followed them to Lancaster, Pennsylvania, and proceeded to kill and mutilate them, too.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
26 May 2026
Noun
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Each episode explores how investigators used forensic evidence to bring killers to justice.—
Stephanie Nolasco,
FOXNews.com,
6 June 2026
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Many people have said the killers should be sentenced to death.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
3 June 2026
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“Assassins.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/assassins. Accessed 10 Jun. 2026.
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