decapitator

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Noun
  • Iran, one of the world’s top executioners, typically hangs condemned prisoners before sunrise.
    Jon Gambrell, Los Angeles Times, 28 Oct. 2024
  • Meanwhile, Undertaker plays the omnipotent executioner who can’t quite get Michaels to the chopping block.
    Daniel Dockery, Vulture, 10 Apr. 2024
Noun
  • Strode survived the terror of murderer Michael Myers (Nick Castle) and Curtis, 65, would return as the character in six Halloween sequels, wrapping up the character’s arc in 2022’s Halloween Ends.
    Victoria Edel, People.com, 31 Oct. 2024
  • In that same episode, Eva Longoria, Zach Galifianakis and Eugene Levy suggest to Mabel, Oliver and Charles that perhaps this murderer is someone who’s been around since the beginning of the show.
    Christy Piña, The Hollywood Reporter, 29 Oct. 2024
Noun
  • That said, this installment trades a little plot for a lot of action while diving deeper into the underground world of the assassins’ guild.
    Sara Netzley, EW.com, 24 Oct. 2024
  • Wick was originally written to be in his early sixties, but the script still centered around the retired assassin’s vengeful pursuit after his recently deceased wife’s parting gift of a puppy was murdered during a home invasion and car theft.
    Brian Davids, The Hollywood Reporter, 22 Oct. 2024
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
  • 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
  • And its existence as a finished, bound, actually readable object is thanks largely to years of efforts by Harlan’s friend, partner in crime and the executor of his estate, J. Michael Straczynski.
    Jason Sheehan, Rolling Stone, 1 Oct. 2024
  • Examples of relationships that impose fiduciary duties include attorney/client, executor/heir, guardian/ward, agent/principal, and trustee/beneficiary relationships.
    Nick Dedeke, Ars Technica, 28 Sep. 2024
Noun
  • Did this week’s episode, far more than usual, completely telegraph how the killer would be found out?
    Vlada Gelman, TVLine, 25 Oct. 2024
  • In the film, David Hemmings plays a musician investigating a strong of murders by a black-gloved killer — a giallo hallmark — opposite Argento’s frequent lead actress and creative collaborator Daria Nicolodi.
    Todd Gilchrist, Variety, 25 Oct. 2024

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“Decapitator.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/decapitator. Accessed 5 Nov. 2024.

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