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executioner

noun

Definition of executioner

as in murderer

a person who executes people who have been sentenced to death was sentenced to face the executioner

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Recent Examples of executioner The executioner sent someone to look for a stronger rope. — Austin Sarat, The Conversation, 4 June 2026 Her mother, Madeleine (Léocadie Uwabeza), attends these group sessions as part of the program’s attempts to encourage forgiveness between victims and the families of the executioners. — Josh Slater-Williams, IndieWire, 19 May 2026 Iran is the world's most prolific executioner after China, according to rights groups. — CBS News, 12 May 2026 Judd hands her a gun and tells her to join the executioner’s squad. — Amanda Whiting, Vulture, 29 Apr. 2026 See All Example Sentences for executioner

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At his funeral back in Chicago, the boy’s mother, Mamie Till, insisted on an open casket so all the world could see what racist murderers had done to her only son.

— Leonard Greene, New York Daily News, 25 July 2026
Over the past four seasons, Voit has gone from being a brutal murderer to a key informant for the FBI’s Behavioral Analysis Unit.

— Hedy Phillips, PEOPLE, 23 July 2026

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By the time Cameron came up with the idea for The Terminator — about a robot assassin sent back in time to kill the mother of humanity’s unborn savior — Wisher was growing more interested in screenwriting.

— Jon Blistein, Rolling Stone, 21 July 2026
Their characters — a notorious assassin and a lawyer — race across Europe, balancing brutal fights and a messy, decades-long friendship.

— Emily Zemler, Los Angeles Times, 16 July 2026

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