decapitator

noun

Definition of decapitatornext
as in executioner

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  1. executioner
  2. murderer
  3. assassin
  4. headsman
  5. hangman
  6. executor
  7. killer
Noun
  • But Bruce Wayne isn’t a boy anymore, and Batman can’t operate as a one-man judge, jury, and executioner.
    — Ben Travers, IndieWire, 2 Aug. 2026
  • The kingdom remains one of the world’s top executioners behind China and Iran.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 29 July 2026
Definition of executioner
Noun
  • Triple-murderer Erin Patterson appealed her convictions Wednesday for poisoning four of her estranged husband’s relatives with death cap mushrooms.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 18 Aug. 2026
  • If the murderer was at the door, the truth must nonetheless be told, whatever the consequences.
    — Adam Gopnik, New Yorker, 17 Aug. 2026
Definition of murderer
Noun
  • The would-be assassin was arrested by police and led investigators to two members of a Russian mob network who had enlisted him on behalf of Iran.
    — Cora Engelbrecht, New Yorker, 24 Aug. 2026
  • Bannerman centers on the eponymous Paul Bannerman, a lethal covert operative who convinces a group of the world’s most deadly assassins to quit the spy game for a chance to lead normal lives in the suburbs of Connecticut.
    — Nellie Andreeva, Deadline, 20 Aug. 2026
Definition of assassin
Noun
  • There’s dungeons or the headsman’s block for someone with that many secrets to spill.
    — Erik Kain, Forbes.com, 10 Aug. 2026
  • Two other men, subjects of excellent Holbein drawings in the show, would keep appointments with the headsman.
    — Peter Schjeldahl, The New Yorker, 21 Feb. 2022
Definition of headsman
Noun
  • The former cop also claimed to have found a hangman’s noose under Epstein’s mattress.
    — Brian Niemietz, New York Daily News, 16 June 2026
  • Even-handed, compassionate, and as suffocatingly tense as a hangman's noose, Munich is Spielberg's most underrated film.
    — Chris Nashawaty, Entertainment Weekly, 13 June 2026
Definition of hangman
Noun
  • The executor or personal representative typically gathers the estate's assets, identifies valid debts and pays creditors according to state probate rules before distributing remaining property to heirs.
    — Angelica Leicht, CBS News, 18 Aug. 2026
  • Barrow is the sole trustee of the trust and executor of Voletta’s estate.
    — Nancy Dillon, Rolling Stone, 11 Aug. 2026
Definition of executor
Noun
  • Arroyos, streams, and rivers can become raging killer currents in a matter of minutes, even from distant rainfall.
    — CA Weather Bot, Sacbee.com, 24 Aug. 2026
  • There was nothing to point to a killer, and the case went cold.
    — Adam Harrington, CBS News, 23 Aug. 2026
Definition of killer
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“Decapitator.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/decapitator. Accessed 28 Aug. 2026.

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