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killers

NOUN

murderer

Synonyms

STRONG

assassin butcher executioner exterminator hunter slayer

WEAK

cut-throat gunman/woman gunperson hit person hit-man/woman

Example Sentences

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Ford, who escaped two would-be killers in less than one month, only narrowly lost the 1976 election despite running in the shadow of Watergate.

From Slate • Apr. 26, 2026

But most of us will become more susceptible to killers like cancer, heart disease, and Alzheimer’s as we get older.

From Slate • Apr. 24, 2026

Her family said the ruling "ripped up" Helen's Law, which places a legal duty on the Parole Board to consider the suffering caused by killers who refuse to disclose where their victim is buried.

From BBC • Apr. 16, 2026

Immunity hearings are typically held in criminal court, where killers facing charges have the chance to argue before a judge that they acted in self-defense.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 6, 2026

Another example of a technically correct yet misleading statistic is the fact that heart disease and cancer are the two leading killers of Americans.

From "Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences" by John Allen Paulos