deathsman

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Noun
  • There was Anthony Sanchez in September 2023, whose hands turned blue after the Oklahoma executioner administered the needle.
    Brenna Ehrlich, Rolling Stone, 29 Mar. 2025
  • If the aim of the executioners is not true, death could take even longer.
    CBS News, CBS News, 4 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • There will also not be a murderer found until the show’s conclusion, but don’t ask anyone who’s seen the beloved whodunit.
    David John Chávez, Mercury News, 27 Mar. 2025
  • More often, alleged female murderers are reviled or belittled.
    Jean Casarez, CNN, 25 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • As the executor of O.J. Simpson’s estate, Malcolm LaVergne sells Simpson’s assets to pay off leftover debts.
    Liza Esquibias, People.com, 14 Mar. 2025
  • And second, in both titis and Barbaries, females exhibit a high degree of autonomy and are the executors of mate choice.
    Jonathan Granoff, Newsweek, 29 Jan. 2025
Noun
  • Did Erik Menendez really play hangman with Leslie Abramson in court?
    Jessica Sager, People.com, 27 Sep. 2024
  • The second story is about Eichmann’s prison guard, Haim (Yoav Levi), a Moroccan Jew who takes pains to make sure his charge is unharmed and delivered to the hangman’s noose in as good a shape as possible.
    Christian Blauvelt, IndieWire, 28 June 2024
Noun
  • 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.
    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
Noun
  • Several other leading figures of the period ended their days on the executioner’s block, including the unhappy Comte de Chalais, whose headsman bungled the job and ended up frantically chopping away at his screaming victim with a small hatchet.
    David A. Bell, Foreign Affairs, 1 Mar. 2012
  • Even if your reality is the headsman’s block!
    Helen Shaw, Vulture, 4 Oct. 2021
Noun
  • Entertainment gossip and news from Newsweek's network of contributors A guy known for delivering killer monologues is joining the long list of suspects at the Arconia.
    Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 22 Mar. 2025
  • Materials for all seasons at the world’s grandest art fair, plus Cleopatra and a killer ship model The European Fine Art Fair in Maastricht in the Netherlands is the art extravaganza of the year.
    Brian T. Allen, National Review, 22 Mar. 2025
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“Deathsman.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/deathsman. Accessed 2 Apr. 2025.

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