Thesaurus results for EXECUTIONERS

executioners

noun

plural of executioner

as in murderers

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

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Recent Examples of executioners Rather, the state may employ executioners with limited technical expertise and often no experience in basic anatomy or medical care. — Dr. Jacob Appel, New York Daily News, 8 Oct. 2026 Pike, 50, suffered burns and blisters to her arms and her prognosis remains uncertain after executioners tried to give her two lethal doses of pentobarbital, her legal team said Wednesday. — Kate Brumback, Los Angeles Times, 8 Oct. 2026 During the execution procedure on Christa Pike, executioners struggled to place IV lines, causing the pentobarbital to flow into her body rather than her bloodstream, according to Pike’s attorneys. — Rebekah Riess, CNN Money, 7 Oct. 2026 Then, inside the death house, executioners struggled to find a vein, jabbing Pike with at least seven needles, according to her lawyers, one of whom watched in dismay. — Keri Blakinger, ProPublica, 6 Oct. 2026 Prisoners have suffered for long periods as executioners fail to find a suitable vein. — New York Times, 3 Oct. 2026 During the attempts, Pike even tried to guide the executioners on where to find a vein, Ferrell said. — Samira Asma-Sadeque, PEOPLE, 2 Oct. 2026 The kingdom remains one of the world’s top executioners behind China and Iran. — ABC News, 29 July 2026 In 2003 the United States topples Hussein and delivers him to his executioners. — Ta-Nehisi Coates, Vanity Fair, 15 June 2026

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Benjamin Rush, the Philadelphia physician and signer of the Declaration of Independence, opposed executing even murderers.

— Maurizio Valsania, The Conversation, 14 Oct. 2026
Showing mercy to murderers historically has not been popular with voters.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 14 Oct. 2026

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Based on Nick Harkaway’s novel The Price You Pay, the show follows Jackie Price, a former drug queenpin hunted by seven elite assassins.

— Abbey White, HollywoodReporter, 10 Oct. 2026
The final sequence bookends the first with River, Sid, and Coe once again being stalked by the assassins but this time getting the worst of it.

— Scott Tobias, Vulture, 7 Oct. 2026

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