as in murderer
a person who kills another person
shot down by an unknown assassin
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Recent Examples of assassin
With that in mind, there's no better time to reintroduce Sega's classic assassin series, Shinobi.
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Zackery Cuevas, PC Magazine, 25 Aug. 2025
At this point in the story, Chihiro was at the top of a Kyoto hotel, protecting a high-school girl named Iori from a sorcerer-assassin named Hiruhiko.
—Matt Alt, New Yorker, 25 Aug. 2025
Crowe is now the face of the Nutria Rodeo, serving as ambassador, hostess, emcee, and hired assassin.
—Nathaniel Rich, Harpers Magazine, 20 Aug. 2025
The Day of the Jackal cinematographer Christopher Ross started his work on the Peacock series about an assassin named the Jackal (Eddie Redmayne) with a bang — no pun intended.
—Beatrice Verhoeven, HollywoodReporter, 18 Aug. 2025
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Zackery Cuevas, PC Magazine, 25 Aug. 2025
At this point in the story, Chihiro was at the top of a Kyoto hotel, protecting a high-school girl named Iori from a sorcerer-assassin named Hiruhiko.
—Matt Alt, New Yorker, 25 Aug. 2025
Crowe is now the face of the Nutria Rodeo, serving as ambassador, hostess, emcee, and hired assassin.
—Nathaniel Rich, Harpers Magazine, 20 Aug. 2025
The Day of the Jackal cinematographer Christopher Ross started his work on the Peacock series about an assassin named the Jackal (Eddie Redmayne) with a bang — no pun intended.
—Beatrice Verhoeven, HollywoodReporter, 18 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for assassin
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Quadruple murderer Bryan Kohberger claimed in court documents that he was diagnosed with four mental health disorders in the months leading up to his guilty plea in the killings of four University of Idaho students.—
Stephen Sorace,
FOXNews.com,
5 Sep. 2025
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There is nothing here that indicates, as the late Professor Harbage has well said, that in order to be king hereafter Macbeth must be murderer first.—
Emily Zarevich,
JSTOR Daily,
3 Sep. 2025
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Woman of the Hour In her directorial debut, Anna Kendrick stars as aspiring actress Sheryl Bradshaw, who unknowingly crosses paths with a covert serial killer (Daniel Zovatto) while appearing on The Dating Game.—
Jacqueline Weiss,
PEOPLE,
7 Sep. 2025
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Compelling as that is, the mystery of Roman's whereabouts is nearly overshadowed by the arrival of a serial killer that's equal parts Jigsaw and the Riddler.—
Randall Colburn,
Entertainment Weekly,
6 Sep. 2025
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“Assassin.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/assassin. Accessed 12 Sep. 2025.
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