Thesaurus results for EXECUTIONERS

executioners

noun

plural of executioner

as in murderers

a person who executes people who have been sentenced to death was sentenced to face the executioner

Related Words

Relevance

Example Sentences

Examples are automatically compiled from online sources to show current usage. Read More Opinions expressed in the examples do not represent those of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.

Recent Examples of executioners 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 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 The executioners often kept the shoes. —

Joshua Levine, Travel + Leisure, 7 Apr. 2026 Comments from officials have led to fears of some of those detained being put to death in Iran, one of the world’s top executioners. —

Jon Gambrell, Los Angeles Times, 21 Jan. 2026 At least that is what the executioners have always claimed. —

Ashlee Conour, Chicago Tribune, 2 Sep. 2025

Recent Examples of Synonyms for executioners

Noun

That year, even major characters and first-person narrators wound up dead, killed by strangers or friends or family members, often by parents, or serial murderers, or in accidents, usually right at the end at the story, no warning.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 10 June 2026
That is always top of mind for writers like Ian Brennan, whose story about life and motivations of one of the most notorious murderers and grave robbers in American history was also an exploration of complex mental health struggles.

— Katie Campione, Deadline, 10 June 2026