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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 In 2003 the United States topples Hussein and delivers him to his executioners. — Ta-Nehisi Coates, Vanity Fair, 15 June 2026 Under the method, executioners strap an inmate to a gurney with chest and shoulder harnesses and attach a mask to his face. — Maureen Groppe, USA Today, 11 June 2026 The executioner sent someone to look for a stronger rope. — Austin Sarat, The Conversation, 4 June 2026 Iran is the world's most prolific executioner after China, according to rights groups. — CBS News, 12 May 2026 See All Example Sentences for executioner

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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

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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

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