as in murderer
a person who kills another person
shot down by an unknown assassin
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He’s thrown back into his assassin past when Rose, his vengeful former partner-in-crime, played by Ariana DeBose, re-emerges.
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Kimmy Yam, NBC News, 10 Feb. 2025
So Lawrence pulled out a second pistol and—as Jackson rushed at the would-be assassin with his cane—pulled the trigger again.
—Laura Kiniry, Smithsonian Magazine, 30 Jan. 2025
Unsurprisingly, the government pointed to leftists as the assassins.
—Matthew Wills, JSTOR Daily, 31 Jan. 2025
Trump had nearly been killed by an assassin’s bullet at a Pennsylvania rally, an act that hit close to home for Kennedy, whose father was assassinated on the Presidential campaign trail.
—Clare Malone, The New Yorker, 29 Jan. 2025
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Kimmy Yam, NBC News, 10 Feb. 2025
So Lawrence pulled out a second pistol and—as Jackson rushed at the would-be assassin with his cane—pulled the trigger again.
—Laura Kiniry, Smithsonian Magazine, 30 Jan. 2025
Unsurprisingly, the government pointed to leftists as the assassins.
—Matthew Wills, JSTOR Daily, 31 Jan. 2025
Trump had nearly been killed by an assassin’s bullet at a Pennsylvania rally, an act that hit close to home for Kennedy, whose father was assassinated on the Presidential campaign trail.
—Clare Malone, The New Yorker, 29 Jan. 2025
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“Assassin.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/assassin. Accessed 4 Mar. 2025.
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