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triggerman

noun

Definition of triggerman

as in murderer

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Recent Examples of triggerman Ivey said executing Burton while the triggerman avoided capital punishment would be fundamentally unjust, marking only her second clemency grant since taking office. — Kim Chandler, Los Angeles Times, 10 Mar. 2026 Mendoza, the Hoosiers’ first-year starter after transferring from California, is the triggerman for an offense that surpassed program records for touchdowns and points set during last season’s surprise run to the CFP. — Jackson Thompson, FOXNews.com, 14 Dec. 2025 The once high-end triggerman is now reduced to lonely drinks in Soho bars and low-rate hits. — Rick Porter, HollywoodReporter, 18 Nov. 2025 The triggerman is a 13-year-old orphan named Lucas Hollister (Patrick Scott McDermott, making the most of this grim opportunity), whose younger brother depends on him to protect their late parents’ Wyoming ranch from wolves and other predators. — David Ehrlich, IndieWire, 2 May 2025 See All Example Sentences for triggerman

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Austin Metcalf's father is speaking out for the first time after a judge denied denied his son's murderer -- Karmelo Anthony -- a request for a new trial for the fatal stabbing at a Texas high school track meet.

— ABC News, ABC News, 25 Aug. 2026
Buzzkill centers on a group of sorority sisters who end up trapped with a murderer.

— Ryan Gajewski, HollywoodReporter, 24 Aug. 2026

Definition of murderer

Noun

Making everyone a potential spy or assassin was only an expedient way to destroy institutions internally and externally through financial incentives.

— Finn Brunton, Harpers Magazine, 1 Sep. 2026
Skirting bravely around the edges of space to seek solace, they’re hunted by the Operative (Chiwetel Ejiofor), a deadly Alliance assassin on a mission who seeks to recapture her.

— Grace Dean, Space.com, 1 Sep. 2026

Definition of assassin

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The Waco, Texas, native died in 1943 during a Japanese torpedo attack in the Pacific.

— Michael Loria, USA Today, 21 Aug. 2026
The third season ended with Kate discovering the plot orchestrated by Hal and President Grace (Janney) to steal a dangerous Russian nuclear torpedo — a plot she is now implicated in.

— Mya Copeland, Variety, 17 Aug. 2026

Definition of torpedo

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Furious, a thriller about a female FBI agent tracking a female serial killer loosely inspired by the 1987 movie Black Widow, was not the most obvious next step for her.

— Joy Press, Vanity Fair, 31 Aug. 2026
The biggest bear killers by far in Central Florida are motor vehicles, blamed for killing 1,545 bears in the region in the past 10 years, including 219 in 2025, the most since 2021 when 242 bears died on the region’s roadways.

— Stephen Hudak, The Orlando Sentinel, 31 Aug. 2026

Definition of killer

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