HATCHET MAN Synonyms: 69 Similar and Opposite Words

hatchet man

noun

Definition of hatchet man

as in attack dog

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Recent Examples of hatchet man While he was sent by the White House to be a hatchet man, Oz, a cardiothoracic surgeon, should use a scalpel with care, conducting a real, legitimate probe that seeks ways to save money for taxpayers and improve outcomes for patients. — New York Daily News Editorial Board, New York Daily News, 13 Mar. 2026 In 2010, the duo separated, going opposite directions; Malice sought repentance through the church while Pusha became a hatchet man for Kanye West. — Richard Brody, New Yorker, 19 Dec. 2025 Arthur is known as Conkling’s hatchet man, a customs collector for the Port of New York who’s shown, in one amusing snippet, presiding over the beating of a noncompliant businessman. — Scott Tobias, Vulture, 6 Nov. 2025 The White House and its hatchet men attacking culture are coming for the artists, curators, museum directors, docents, writers, and editors who value freedom and liberation and Black history and women’s history and ideas and progress. — Chadd Scott, Forbes.com, 28 Mar. 2025 Back home, more pink slips for federal employees go out and the scrutiny of Elon Musk's role as the hatchet man for those agencies intensifies. — CBS News, 16 Feb. 2025 Musician and producer Grimes made a rare comment involving her ex-partner and father to her three kids, Elon Musk, after their 4-year-old son appeared alongside the tech mogul turned government hatchet man at the White House on Wednesday. — Kevin Dolak, The Hollywood Reporter, 12 Feb. 2025

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Noun

Pulte, the 38-year-old director of the Federal Housing Finance Agency, is best known for his role as a partisan attack dog for the president.

— Eric McDaniel, NPR, 11 June 2026
Activists detained when their flotilla attempted to breach Israel’s naval blockade of Gaza say they have been mistreated at the hands of Israeli soldiers, describing beatings, tasers and attack dogs.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 22 May 2026

Definition of attack dog

Noun

Biden's classified docs narrative crumbles amid release of ghostwriter tapes.

— , FOXNews.com, 28 July 2026
In the final years of his life, Tana became determined to tell that story, working with writers in Serbia and eventually a ghostwriter, Todd Gold, who requested no credit; the resulting memoir feels wholly told in Tana’s voice.

— Maddie Connors, Los Angeles Times, 14 July 2026

Definition of ghostwriter

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The bomb squad also killed her mother’s pit bull during the operation, Doe testified.

— Nate Gartrell, Mercury News, 27 July 2026
In Missouri, police agreed to pay $750,000 after officers raided a family’s home over an unpaid gas bill and shot and killed Kiya, the family’s four-year-old pit bull.

— Vanessa Shakib, Oc Register, 23 July 2026

Definition of pit bull

Noun

Tucked inside a green oasis in the middle of the capital, Santo Domingo, are crocodiles, flamingos, and even tigers that officials have confiscated from people accused of illegally keeping them.

— ABC News, ABC News, 29 July 2026
Animal print as a whole has remained popular in the footwear space, with everything from cowhide to tiger print appearing on shoes from designers including like Alaïa, Amina Muaddi and more.

— Karla Rodriguez, Footwear News, 28 July 2026

Definition of tiger

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Bitcoin has absorbed this kind of week before, most recently when DeFi's yield layer was rebuilt after last November's hacks.

— Boaz Sobrado, Forbes.com, 4 Aug. 2026
After the hack was reported, lawmakers introduced a new bill in the House that would give Washington the authority to shut down rogue AI models.

— The Week US, TheWeek, 4 Aug. 2026

Definition of hack

Noun

In the book, the biographer suggests that their relationship had one major difference to the relationships of their sons.

— Meg Walters, InStyle, 28 July 2026
Royal biographer Tina Brown went as far as to suggest that Charles is growing increasingly irritated with William.

— Allison DeGrushe, StyleCaster, 27 July 2026

Definition of biographer

Noun

Gail Daughtry was directed and cowritten by David Wain, a veteran of the comedy troupe The State and also the director of the 2001 cult hit Wet Hot American Summer; Marino, another State and Wet Hot alumnus, is his cowriter.

— Stephanie Zacharek, Time, 10 July 2026
This is very much the spirit of this unabashedly absurd film from director David Wain, who, with his cowriter Ken Marino concluded early on that the idea was really stupid, didn't make sense and went nowhere.

— ABC News, ABC News, 8 July 2026

Definition of cowriter

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