decapitator

noun

Definition of decapitatornext
as in executioner

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  1. executioner
  2. murderer
  3. assassin
  4. headsman
  5. hangman
  6. executor
  7. killer
Noun
  • But they were not lost at all, but rather executioners who shot and killed Sarah.
    Tom Rogers, Newsweek, 25 Nov. 2024
  • Lone Wolf and Cub: Sword of Vengeance (1972) Blue Eye Samurai owes a debt to countless stories of wandering warriors, among them Lone Wolf and Cub, in which a shōgun’s executioner turned outcast wanders the countryside with his toddler son (and a baby cart rigged with weapons).
    Keith Phipps, Vulture, 26 Apr. 2024
Definition of executioner
Noun
  • Harry is a detective with the Miami-Dade Police Department and a forensics expert who trains Dexter to focus his homicidal impulses on killing murderers without getting caught.
    Ashley Hume, Fox News, 13 Dec. 2024
  • Read more The killer was masked before, during and after the killing and facial recognition software failed to identify the murderer because there was only a partial view of his face.
    Sean O'Driscoll, Newsweek, 12 Dec. 2024
Definition of murderer
Noun
  • Trump's turning of his head to face a jumbotron at the Butler County Pennsylvania Farm Grounds only a second before would-be assassin Thomas Crooks fired saved his life.
    Gord Magill, Newsweek, 22 Dec. 2024
  • Mel Gibson returns to the director’s chair for the first time since 2016’s Hacksaw Ridge for this high-flying action thriller starring Mark Wahlberg as an assassin tasked with eliminating a target (Topher Grace) while in flight with a federal agent (Michelle Dockery).
    Tim Lammers, Forbes, 22 Dec. 2024
Definition of assassin
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
Definition of headsman
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
Definition of hangman
Noun
  • The executors of Jackson’s estate John Branca and John McClain will produce Michael, alongside Graham King, the producer behind Queen biopic Bohemian Rhapsody.
    Kalia Richardson, Rolling Stone, 5 Nov. 2024
  • The first stone, Tomlin said, would have borne the name of the deceased, followed by the name of the inscription’s dedicatee (or executor).
    Tessa Solomon, ARTnews.com, 29 Nov. 2024
Definition of executor
Noun
  • Instead, showrunner Gemma Burgess has put together an irreverent engaging romp rife with witty banter, political intrigue, and a bit of derring-do—not to mention a killer soundtrack.
    Ars Technica, Ars Technica, 24 Dec. 2024
  • As Luigi Mangione pleaded not guilty to murder charges in Manhattan Criminal Court this morning, protesters from all walks of life assembled outside the courthouse to show their support for the alleged killer.
    Peter Charalambous, ABC News, 23 Dec. 2024
Definition of killer
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