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Recent Examples of executioner
The painting, measuring six feet in width and featuring as its central subject a midcentury executioner’s chair, is estimated around $30 million.
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Angelica Villa For Artnews, Robb Report, 11 Apr. 2025
Jane, who may have been as young as 16, is shown blindfolded as an executioner with an axe waits to behead her.
—Pan Pylas, Chicago Tribune, 9 Mar. 2025
On January 16th, Yorkshire’s executioner hanged all fourteen condemned men.
—John Cassidy, New Yorker, 14 Apr. 2025
Meanwhile, Undertaker plays the omnipotent executioner who can’t quite get Michaels to the chopping block.
—Daniel Dockery, Vulture, 21 Apr. 2025
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Angelica Villa For Artnews, Robb Report, 11 Apr. 2025
Jane, who may have been as young as 16, is shown blindfolded as an executioner with an axe waits to behead her.
—Pan Pylas, Chicago Tribune, 9 Mar. 2025
On January 16th, Yorkshire’s executioner hanged all fourteen condemned men.
—John Cassidy, New Yorker, 14 Apr. 2025
Meanwhile, Undertaker plays the omnipotent executioner who can’t quite get Michaels to the chopping block.
—Daniel Dockery, Vulture, 21 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for executioner
Noun
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To populate this murderer’s row of, well, murderers, Davidson races against the clock to court talent and get them to New York in time for filming.—
Hunter Ingram,
Variety,
28 May 2025
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The public believed this story of intentionality so completely that every shark bite was essentially a murder, and every shark a potential murderer, and the beach was the scene of a crime by a deviant monster against innocent beachgoers.—
Chris Pepin-Neff,
Scientific American,
26 May 2025
Noun
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New threats emerge, including a ruthless new villain (Bill Skarsgård) and a blind assassin from Wick’s past, played by Donnie Yen in a standout performance.—
Emily Blackwood,
People.com,
6 June 2025
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The operation, made up of Belarusian contract killers, runs a ballet academy that is a front for their assassin training facility.—
Shannon Carlin,
Time,
6 June 2025
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“Executioner.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/executioner. Accessed 10 Jun. 2025.
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