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
  • Far from glamorous, but also far from the executioner’s ax.
    Eva Wolchover, New York Times, 2 Jan. 2025
  • Miller has been like the executioner for aging fighters in his weight region.
    Brian Mazique, Forbes, 22 Dec. 2024
Definition of executioner
Noun
  • Avoiding trial also uses fewer government resources and spares the victims' families from having to re-live the horror in court – or seeing the murderers continue to smirk and joke around.
    Michael Ruiz, Fox News, 16 Jan. 2025
  • Israel will try to save the life of Kfir Bibas— the red-haired baby who has spent most of his life in captivity—in exchange for unrepentant murderers.
    Michael Gfoeller And David H. Rundell, Newsweek, 16 Jan. 2025
Definition of murderer
Noun
  • The actor and martial arts master plays Caine, a blind assassin who uses advanced hearing to beat-up bad guys in creative and brutal ways, as well as - what else? - a cane.
    Daniel R. Depetris, Newsweek, 10 Jan. 2025
  • Having said that, Shinobi already means assassin so the name is a bit redundant.
    Alfred Konuwa, Forbes, 10 Jan. 2025
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
  • After discovering Morrison’s journals over a decade prior, Chewning — the executor of Morrison’s estate along with their brother Andrew, decided to publish them.
    Makena Gera, People.com, 12 Jan. 2025
  • Robert Seidler was the executor of Peter Seidler’s will and estate until stepping down last May; Matt Seidler replaced him per terms of the family trust.
    Jeff Sanders, San Diego Union-Tribune, 11 Jan. 2025
Definition of executor
Noun
  • The date was January 11, 1972, and Darren McGavin debuted as Carl Kolchak, an investigative reporter who, in this instance, suspected that a serial killer in the Las Vegas area was actually a vampire.
    Marc Berman, Forbes, 11 Jan. 2025
  • Where is The Breakthrough killer Daniel Nyqvist now?
    Jordana Comiter, People.com, 10 Jan. 2025
Definition of killer
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