as in murderers
a person who executes people who have been sentenced to death
was sentenced to face the executioner
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Recent Examples of executioners
The executioners often kept the shoes.
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Joshua Levine, Travel + Leisure, 7 Apr. 2026
Comments from officials have led to fears of some of those detained being put to death in Iran, one of the world’s top executioners.
—Jon Gambrell, Los Angeles Times, 21 Jan. 2026
Under South Carolina's protocol, Bryant's executioners will place a hood over his head and strap him to a chair.
—Amanda Lee Myers, USA Today, 14 Nov. 2025
At least that is what the executioners have always claimed.
—Ashlee Conour, Chicago Tribune, 2 Sep. 2025
Joshua Levine, Travel + Leisure, 7 Apr. 2026
Comments from officials have led to fears of some of those detained being put to death in Iran, one of the world’s top executioners.
—Jon Gambrell, Los Angeles Times, 21 Jan. 2026
Under South Carolina's protocol, Bryant's executioners will place a hood over his head and strap him to a chair.
—Amanda Lee Myers, USA Today, 14 Nov. 2025
At least that is what the executioners have always claimed.
—Ashlee Conour, Chicago Tribune, 2 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for executioners
Noun
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In subsequent years — even up until 120 years later in 2008 — there were murderers that mirrored the Ripper’s crimes.—
Lorena O’Neil,
Rolling Stone,
11 May 2026
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Who'd want a country to be taken over by these killers and these murderers?—
CBS News,
CBS News,
10 May 2026
Noun
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The film follows a unit of young assassins who belong to the titular organization, trained in a tropical rainforest by a figure known only as Master.—
Naman Ramachandran,
Variety,
12 May 2026
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Riquelme Vega, a Chilean Dutch cocaine importer also in the Super Cartel, wanted to murder a rival in Dubai by sending a team of Colombian assassins to the Emirates, Kinahan voiced his disapproval.—
Ed Caesar,
New Yorker,
30 Apr. 2026
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“Executioners.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/executioners. Accessed 20 May. 2026.
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