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Recent Examples of executioner
True to form, the court dismissed his arguments as either repetitive or barred by procedural rules that the Legislature and the court have stacked in favor of the executioner.
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Sun Sentinel Editorial Board, Sun Sentinel, 23 June 2025
True to form, the court dismissed his arguments as either repetitive or barred by procedural rules that the Legislature and the court have stacked in favor of the executioner —even those questions that have never been asked before.
—Orlando Sentinel, The Orlando Sentinel, 23 June 2025
This mark signals that her would-be executioner is part of a cult.
—David Fear, Rolling Stone, 4 June 2025
People that shoot people in the back, people that are executioners.
—Time Staff, Time, 25 Apr. 2025
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Sun Sentinel Editorial Board, Sun Sentinel, 23 June 2025
True to form, the court dismissed his arguments as either repetitive or barred by procedural rules that the Legislature and the court have stacked in favor of the executioner —even those questions that have never been asked before.
—Orlando Sentinel, The Orlando Sentinel, 23 June 2025
This mark signals that her would-be executioner is part of a cult.
—David Fear, Rolling Stone, 4 June 2025
People that shoot people in the back, people that are executioners.
—Time Staff, Time, 25 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for executioner
Noun
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Gein was a notorious murderer in the 1950s who not only went on a killing spree but also exhumed graves to use human remains to craft household items and clothing.—
Carson Blackwelder,
People.com,
28 Aug. 2025
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Charlie Hunnam will play the notorious murderer who, among other things, fashioned trinkets and furniture out of the corpses from robbed graves.—
Lucy Ford,
Time,
28 Aug. 2025
Noun
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The two Kill Bill films, while still about crime and criminals and ninja assassins, set themselves apart from his earlier works.—
Erik Kain,
Forbes.com,
1 Sep. 2025
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The wuxia drama Word of Honor follows Zhou Zishu (Zhang Zhehan), a weary assassin seeking redemption.—
EW.com,
EW.com,
31 Aug. 2025
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“Executioner.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/executioner. Accessed 5 Sep. 2025.
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