| Main Entry: | executioner |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | hangman |
Synonyms: |
death squad, electrocutioner, firing squad, garroter, hired gun, hit man, killer, lyncher, strangler |
| Main Entry: | assassin |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | murderer of prominent or important person |
Synonyms: |
butcher, clipper, dropper, eliminator, enforcer, executioner, guerrilla, gun person, gun*, hatchet person, hit person, killer, liquidator, piece person, plugger, slayer, soldier, torpedo, trigger person |
Antonyms: |
victim |
| Main Entry: | hit man |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | hired killer |
Synonyms: |
assassin, butcher, contract killer, executioner, gunman, hatchet man, hired gun, hired gun, hired killer, killer, marksman, markswoman, murderer, professional killer, rifleman, shooter, sniper, trigger man, triggerman |
| Main Entry: | killer |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | murderer |
Synonyms: |
assassin, butcher, cut-throat, executioner, exterminator, gunman/woman, gunperson, hit person, hit-man/woman, hunter, slayer, soldier |
| Main Entry: | murderer |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | person who kills |
Synonyms: |
assassin, butcher, criminal, cutthroat, enforcer, executioner, hit person, hit-and-run, homicide, killer, manslaughterer, perpetrator, slaughterer, slayer, soldier, trigger person |
| Main Entry: | destroyer |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | a destructive agent |
Synonyms: |
annihilator, assassin, bomber, cancer, chemotherapy, demolisher, despoiler, eradicator, executioner, exterminator, firebrand, iconoclast, pillager, poison, radiation, ransacker, savage, slaughterer, vandal, wrecker |
Antonyms: |
author, creator, restorer |
| Main Entry: | hangman |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | garroter |
Synonyms: |
executioner, lyncher, public executioner |
| Main Entry: | hired gun |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | professional killer |
Synonyms: |
assassin, butcher, contract killer, executioner, gunman, hatchet man, hired killer, hit man, killer, murderer, sniper, trigger man |
| Main Entry: | death squad |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | organized gang of killers |
Synonyms: |
executioners, firing squad, hired assassins, hit squad |
| Main Entry: | manslayer |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | murderer |
Synonyms: |
assassin, butcher, criminal, cutthroat, enforcer, executioner, hit person, hit-and-run, homicide, killer, manslaughterer, massacrer, murderess, perpetrator, slaughterer, slayer, soldier, trigger person, triggerman |