as in murderer
a person who kills another person
shot down by an unknown assassin
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Recent Examples of assassin
Keene buys it, sending assassins into the subway to take them out.
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Randall Colburn, EW.com, 21 May 2025
Their decision quickly draws the attention of rival tycoons, international terrorists, and assassins.
—Billal Rahman, MSNBC Newsweek, 20 May 2025
Nobody 2 sees Odenkirk reprise his role as Hutch Mansell, a father and husband who is also a hard-working assassin.
—Ryan Gajewski, HollywoodReporter, 13 May 2025
Sandra Oh, the daughter of South Korean immigrant parents, follows British agent Eve Polastri charged with catching the elusive and ruthless assassin Villanelle (Jodie Comer).
—Lesley O'Toole, Variety, 9 May 2025
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Randall Colburn, EW.com, 21 May 2025
Their decision quickly draws the attention of rival tycoons, international terrorists, and assassins.
—Billal Rahman, MSNBC Newsweek, 20 May 2025
Nobody 2 sees Odenkirk reprise his role as Hutch Mansell, a father and husband who is also a hard-working assassin.
—Ryan Gajewski, HollywoodReporter, 13 May 2025
Sandra Oh, the daughter of South Korean immigrant parents, follows British agent Eve Polastri charged with catching the elusive and ruthless assassin Villanelle (Jodie Comer).
—Lesley O'Toole, Variety, 9 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for assassin
Noun
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To populate this murderer’s row of, well, murderers, Davidson races against the clock to court talent and get them to New York in time for filming.—
Hunter Ingram,
Variety,
28 May 2025
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The public believed this story of intentionality so completely that every shark bite was essentially a murder, and every shark a potential murderer, and the beach was the scene of a crime by a deviant monster against innocent beachgoers.—
Chris Pepin-Neff,
Scientific American,
26 May 2025
Noun
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Remembering Molly Elliott, killed by Louisiana Death Row inmate Their killer is facing execution by firing squad.—
Fernando Cervantes Jr,
USA Today,
23 May 2025
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In a classic horror premise (a school dance in the ’80s, no less), a killer is picking off Shadyside High’s prom-queen candidates one by one.—
Savannah Salazar,
Vulture,
23 May 2025
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“Assassin.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/assassin. Accessed 2 Jun. 2025.
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