executioner

as in murderer
a person who executes people who have been sentenced to death was sentenced to face the executioner

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Recent Examples of executioner 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 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 See all Example Sentences for executioner 

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“Executioner.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/executioner. Accessed 22 Feb. 2025.

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