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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 Iran is the world's most prolific executioner after China, according to rights groups. — CBS News, 12 May 2026 In 2003 the United States topples Hussein and delivers him to his executioners. — Ta-Nehisi Coates, Vanity Fair, 15 June 2026 She was executed on May 27, 1541 by an executioner’s assistant, the executioner having been called away that day. — Erik Kain, Forbes.com, 29 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 See All Example Sentences for executioner

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This psychological thriller stars Guy Pearce as Leonard Shelby, a man with anterograde amnesia struggling to track down his wife’s murderer using a system of tattoos and notes.

— Erik Kain, Forbes.com, 4 July 2026
Deputy Solicitor General Eric Feigin said blocking such searches would handicap police searching for murderers, kidnappers and robbers.

— Bart Jansen, USA Today, 29 June 2026

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Julie has returned her old ways as an assassin, whilst navigating an equally perilous dating scene, while Edward’s honeymoon with Kayla (Shalom Brune-Franklin) doesn’t go quite as planned.

— Jesse Whittock, Deadline, 6 July 2026
In Ride or Die, Waddingham plays Judith Burton, who lives a double life as an assassin.

— Lexi Lane, PEOPLE, 5 July 2026

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