slaughterer

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for slaughterer
Noun
  • At first Spielberg gives you elusive but evocative shots of fins, as well as the shark's own underwater perspective of potential human meals swimming above (to the shark, those legs must look like hams hanging in a butcher’s shop).
    Tom Gliatto, People.com, 21 June 2025
  • Her latest restaurant project is with Chef Philip Tessier, who’s launching Understudy, a culinary destination in Napa featuring a patisserie, butcher, teaching kitchen, and a culinary museum.
    Kristen Philipkoski, Forbes.com, 20 June 2025
Noun
  • That doesn’t portray a hero, but rather someone so arrogant as to invent his own law and appoint himself its executioner.
    Sun Sentinel Editorial Board, Sun Sentinel, 11 Apr. 2025
  • The executioner who initiates the flow of lethal chemicals into Tanzi's body then enters the room to begin the state's three-drug protocol — beginning with etomidate, an anesthetic, followed by rocuronium bromide, a paralytic, and potassium acetate, which will induce cardiac arrest.
    Raja Krishnamoorthi, MSNBC Newsweek, 9 Apr. 2025
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“Slaughterer.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/slaughterer. Accessed 3 Jul. 2025.

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