deathsmen

noun

plural of deathsman
as in executioners

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  1. executioners
  2. murderers
  3. executors
  4. assassins
Noun
  • The kingdom remains one of the world’s top executioners behind China and Iran.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 29 July 2026
  • In 2003 the United States topples Hussein and delivers him to his executioners.
    — Ta-Nehisi Coates, Vanity Fair, 15 June 2026
Definition of executioners
Noun
  • Agent Mulder, hot on the trail of a group of murderers who are harvesting their victims' organs, breaks into a makeshift laboratory in an attempt to save an abducted woman.
    — Brett Tingley, Space.com, 13 Aug. 2026
  • The statement came after Roth detailed a sequence in the film to Polygon that features a cartoon that seemingly hypnotizes children, turning them into murderers.
    — Corbin Bolies, Variety, 5 Aug. 2026
Definition of murderers
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  • Mitchell Zuckerman, a cofounder of Art Market Advisors and a former Sotheby’s executive, told me that executors and beneficiaries frequently choose guarantees.
    — Daniel Cassady, ARTnews.com, 5 Aug. 2026
  • That’s why disputes over executors and other estate fiduciaries are among the most common issues raised in probate litigation.
    — Naomi Cahn, The Conversation, 29 July 2026
Definition of executors
Noun
  • Meanwhile, Clive Owen and other assassins pursue them through the streets of Europe.
    — Declan Gallagher, Entertainment Weekly, 14 Aug. 2026
  • Many of Ellis’s most awful characters are the most conventionally attractive, their looks serving as a shield against their various crimes; Murphy co-created The Beauty, in which tech moguls and assassins kill to be beautiful.
    — Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 5 Aug. 2026
Definition of assassins
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“Deathsmen.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/deathsmen. Accessed 21 Aug. 2026.

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