Synonyms of 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

• murderers
• assassins
• hangmen
• slaughterers
• executors
• killers
• headsmen
• butchers
• massacrers
• cutthroats
• deathsmen
• decapitators
• homicides
• slayers
• manslayers
• murderesses

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of executioners

In May state officials called off the lethal injection of Tony Carruthers, who was convicted of kidnapping and killing three people in 1994, after executioners tried and failed for over an hour to place an IV to administer pentobarbital. — Kim Chandler, Los Angeles Times, 1 Oct. 2026

The kingdom remains one of the world’s top executioners behind China and Iran. — ABC News, 29 July 2026

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

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

At least that is what the executioners have always claimed. — Ashlee Conour, Chicago Tribune, 2 Sep. 2025