as in murderer
a person who kills another person
shot down by an unknown assassin
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This stony assassin may well be orbiting the sun at this very moment, careening down a celestial path that could, one day, intersect with ours.
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Corinne Purtill, Los Angeles Times, 26 Mar. 2025
Police cars arrived within minutes and the assassin was arrested.
—Rachel Desantis, People.com, 22 Mar. 2025
Iran named a street in Tehran after Sadat’s assassin.
—Lisa Anderson, Foreign Affairs, 14 Mar. 2025
His belief that Charlie was a programmed assassin, programmed by the government, programmed — most likely — by the CIA.
—Nick Newman, IndieWire, 7 Mar. 2025
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Corinne Purtill, Los Angeles Times, 26 Mar. 2025
Police cars arrived within minutes and the assassin was arrested.
—Rachel Desantis, People.com, 22 Mar. 2025
Iran named a street in Tehran after Sadat’s assassin.
—Lisa Anderson, Foreign Affairs, 14 Mar. 2025
His belief that Charlie was a programmed assassin, programmed by the government, programmed — most likely — by the CIA.
—Nick Newman, IndieWire, 7 Mar. 2025
See All Example Sentences for assassin
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“Assassin.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/assassin. Accessed 10 Apr. 2025.
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