headsmen

noun

plural of headsman
as in executioners

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  1. executioners
  2. executors
  3. murderers
  4. assassins
Noun
  • Rather, the state may employ executioners with limited technical expertise and often no experience in basic anatomy or medical care.
    — Dr. Jacob Appel, New York Daily News, 8 Oct. 2026
  • Pike, 50, suffered burns and blisters to her arms and her prognosis remains uncertain after executioners tried to give her two lethal doses of pentobarbital, her legal team said Wednesday.
    — Kate Brumback, Los Angeles Times, 8 Oct. 2026
Definition of executioners
Noun
  • Attorneys for the estate’s executors did not immediately respond on Tuesday to The Times’ request for comment.
    — Alexandra Del Rosario, Los Angeles Times, 3 Nov. 2026
  • Both Branca and John McClain were appointed co-executors shortly thereafter.
    — Jessica Schladebeck, New York Daily News, 3 Nov. 2026
Definition of executors
Noun
  • More than 40 years later, no efforts have been made to prosecute or extradite the presumptive murderers.
    — David Ehrlich, IndieWire, 30 Oct. 2026
  • But poison, which so often served as the deadly weapon in her books, provided Christie with an intriguing literary arsenal for murderers.
    — Ashley Strickland, CNN Money, 29 Oct. 2026
Definition of murderers
Noun
  • Nobody knows who killed him, and the assassins begin to distrust one another.
    — Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 4 Nov. 2026
  • When Master is found dead and the identity of his killer remains a mystery, the assassins struggle with mutual distrust.
    — Liz Shackleton, Deadline, 3 Nov. 2026
Definition of assassins
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