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hit man

noun

Definition of hit man

as in torpedo

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as in hired gun

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Recent Examples of hit man The prosecutors described a pyramid of murder and impunity with Duterte at the apex, police and civilian officials in the middle, and low-level policemen, police assets, and hit men at the bottom. — Sheila Coronel, The Atlantic, 13 Mar. 2026 Dust Bunny is the story of a young girl who asks Mikkelsen's character, a hit man, to take care of a monster under her bed. — Raechal Shewfelt, Entertainment Weekly, 28 Jan. 2026 In Ben Wheatley's brilliant and blistering work, a British soldier returns home and embarks on a career as a hit man, finding strange little details while on his various jobs. — Brian Truitt, USA Today, 21 Oct. 2025 In 2017, the Gardaí received a tip that the Kinahans had hired Imre Arakas, an Estonian hit man known as the Butcher, to murder James Gately, a member of the Hutch gang who lived in Belfast. — Ed Caesar, New Yorker, 20 Oct. 2025 See All Example Sentences for hit man

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Noun

Their forces tested several anti-ship weapons before a submarine torpedo sent the vessel to the seabed.

— Atharva Gosavi, Interesting Engineering, 29 Sep. 2026
The Mk 48 heavyweight torpedo is an artefact of the Cold War.

— New Atlas, New Atlas, 24 Sep. 2026

Definition of torpedo

Noun

That would be impressive enough, but don’t forget that year’s edition of the team also had UFA hired guns Luc Robitaille and Brett Hull.

— Sean McIndoe, New York Times, 7 Apr. 2026
Every four years, ambitious consultants and hired guns sit down with aspiring presidents and sell them a lie.

— Philip Elliott, Time, 17 Aug. 2023

Definition of hired gun

Noun

Alongside her scientifically credible poisoning scenarios, numerous doctors and pharmacists appear in Christie’s novels — sometimes as victims, other times as murderers — showing how her early brushes with the world of medicine never left her mind.

— Ashley Strickland, CNN Money, 29 Oct. 2026
Playing a dark character was hardly a new shtick for Woods, who landed his breakout role as real-life murderer Gregory Powell in The Onion Field (1979).

— Kelly Martinez, Entertainment Weekly, 28 Oct. 2026

Definition of murderer

Noun

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

Definition of hatchet man

Noun

The Democratic presidential front-runner had just finished his California primary victory speech — thanking Chávez and Huerta — when an assassin gunned him down.

— James Rainey, Los Angeles Times, 28 Oct. 2026
Nearly all of those 80 teams had a wing player who was either a prolific scorer, an in-his-prime All-Star, an accomplished floor general or a skilled shot creator/late-game assassin.

— Barry Jackson, Miami Herald, 28 Oct. 2026

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