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triggerman

noun

Definition of triggerman

as in murderer

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Recent Examples of triggerman Ivey said executing Burton while the triggerman avoided capital punishment would be fundamentally unjust, marking only her second clemency grant since taking office. — Kim Chandler, Los Angeles Times, 10 Mar. 2026 Mendoza, the Hoosiers’ first-year starter after transferring from California, is the triggerman for an offense that surpassed program records for touchdowns and points set during last season’s surprise run to the CFP. — Jackson Thompson, FOXNews.com, 14 Dec. 2025 The once high-end triggerman is now reduced to lonely drinks in Soho bars and low-rate hits. — Rick Porter, HollywoodReporter, 18 Nov. 2025 The triggerman is a 13-year-old orphan named Lucas Hollister (Patrick Scott McDermott, making the most of this grim opportunity), whose younger brother depends on him to protect their late parents’ Wyoming ranch from wolves and other predators. — David Ehrlich, IndieWire, 2 May 2025 See All Example Sentences for triggerman

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Noun

Triple-murderer Erin Patterson appealed her convictions Wednesday for poisoning four of her estranged husband’s relatives with death cap mushrooms.

— ABC News, ABC News, 18 Aug. 2026
If the murderer was at the door, the truth must nonetheless be told, whatever the consequences.

— Adam Gopnik, New Yorker, 17 Aug. 2026

Definition of murderer

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The would-be assassin was arrested by police and led investigators to two members of a Russian mob network who had enlisted him on behalf of Iran.

— Cora Engelbrecht, New Yorker, 24 Aug. 2026
Bannerman centers on the eponymous Paul Bannerman, a lethal covert operative who convinces a group of the world’s most deadly assassins to quit the spy game for a chance to lead normal lives in the suburbs of Connecticut.

— Nellie Andreeva, Deadline, 20 Aug. 2026

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The Waco, Texas, native died in 1943 during a Japanese torpedo attack in the Pacific.

— Michael Loria, USA Today, 21 Aug. 2026
The third season ended with Kate discovering the plot orchestrated by Hal and President Grace (Janney) to steal a dangerous Russian nuclear torpedo — a plot she is now implicated in.

— Mya Copeland, Variety, 17 Aug. 2026

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