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
In 2003 the United States topples Hussein and delivers him to his executioners.
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Ta-Nehisi Coates,
Vanity Fair,
15 June 2026
Under the method, executioners strap an inmate to a gurney with chest and shoulder harnesses and attach a mask to his face.
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Maureen Groppe,
USA Today,
11 June 2026
Her mother, Madeleine (Léocadie Uwabeza), attends these group sessions as part of the program’s attempts to encourage forgiveness between victims and the families of the executioners.
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Josh Slater-Williams,
IndieWire,
19 May 2026
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.
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Jon Gambrell,
Los Angeles Times,
21 Jan. 2026
At least that is what the executioners have always claimed.
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Ashlee Conour,
Chicago Tribune,
2 Sep. 2025
Ta-Nehisi Coates,
Vanity Fair,
15 June 2026
Under the method, executioners strap an inmate to a gurney with chest and shoulder harnesses and attach a mask to his face.
—
Maureen Groppe,
USA Today,
11 June 2026
Her mother, Madeleine (Léocadie Uwabeza), attends these group sessions as part of the program’s attempts to encourage forgiveness between victims and the families of the executioners.
—
Josh Slater-Williams,
IndieWire,
19 May 2026
The executioners often kept the shoes.
—
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
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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There can be legitimate debate on immigration, but Trump veers into sinister areas of xenophobia of invading rapists and murderers.
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That year, even major characters and first-person narrators wound up dead, killed by strangers or friends or family members, often by parents, or serial murderers, or in accidents, usually right at the end at the story, no warning.
Noun
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These artisans, with their trade secrets, were kept on Murano, a cluster of islands just across the lagoon from the city, ostensibly as a precaution against fire, though the state would also send assassins after anyone who tried to leave.
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Unfortunately, Daemon’s hired assassins killed Aegon’s young son Jaehaerys instead so any real possibility for a family reconciliation was lost.
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“Executioners.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/executioners. Accessed 3 Jul. 2026.
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