executioners

plural of executioner
as in murderers
a person who executes people who have been sentenced to death was sentenced to face the executioner

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Recent Examples of executioners At least that is what the executioners have always claimed. Ashlee Conour, Chicago Tribune, 2 Sep. 2025
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Noun
  • He’s joined by another (somewhat literal) murderers’ row of actors including Glenn Close, Josh Brolin, Mila Kunis, Kerry Washington, Cailee Spaeny, Andrew Scott, and Thomas Haden Church.
    Christian Blauvelt, IndieWire, 8 Sep. 2025
  • If drug traffickers are a legitimate target, well then why aren't rapists, murderers and child abusers?
    Carlo Versano, MSNBC Newsweek, 3 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • The plane is filled with assassins assigned to kill them both.
    Saman Shafiq, USA Today, 8 Sep. 2025
  • 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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“Executioners.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/executioners. Accessed 17 Sep. 2025.

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