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assassin
A murderer who strikes suddenly and by surprise
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  1. A murderer who strikes suddenly and by surprise
  2. A person who harms or ruins someone's reputation, as by slander, vilification, etc.
  3. One who murders by surprise attack, especially one who carries out a plot to kill a prominent person.
butcher
A person who cuts up meat for sale
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  1. A person who cuts up meat for sale
  2. A person whose work is killing animals or dressing their carcasses for meat
  3. One who bungles something.
butcher
One who slaughters and dresses animals for food or market.
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  1. One who slaughters and dresses animals for food or market.
  2. (Informal, former) A person who sells candy, drinks, etc. in theaters, trains, circuses, etc.
  3. A person whose work is killing animals or dressing their carcasses for meat
cutthroat
A cutthroat trout.
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  1. A cutthroat trout.
  2. An unprincipled, ruthless person.
  3. A murderer, especially one who cuts throats.
homicide
A police division responsible for investigating homicides
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  1. A police division responsible for investigating homicides
  2. The killing of a human being, committed by another. The killing of a human being, committed by another.
  3. The killing of one person by another, regardless of intention or legality.
killer
A person, animal, or thing that kills, esp. one that kills habitually or wantonly
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  1. A person, animal, or thing that kills, esp. one that kills habitually or wantonly
  2. (Slang) Something that is extremely difficult to deal with or withstand:
  3. Killer whale
manslayer
Someone who commits manslaughter
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  1. Someone who commits manslaughter
  2. One, such as a person or animal, that kills a human.
murderess
A woman who commits or has committed murder
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  1. A woman who commits or has committed murder
triggerman
(US slang) A hired gunman; a bodyguard.
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  1. (US slang) A hired gunman; a bodyguard.
  2. That person, among those committing a crime, who shoots the victim
  3. A gunman, especially one who shoots someone.
Find another word for murderer. In this page you can discover 16 synonyms, antonyms, idiomatic expressions, and related words for murderer, like: slayer, assassin, butcher, criminal, killer, butcher, cutthroat, homicide, killer, manslayer and massacrer.

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  • That murderer confessed to the authorities.

  • A single case of homicide often leads to a series of similar crimes or to protracted warfare between neighbouring families and communities; the murderer, as a rule, takes refuge in the mountains from the avenger of blood, or remains for years shut up in his house.

  • Rhyn was a mass murderer, a creature who had tried to wipe out the human race.

  • "Murderer!" he shouted suddenly to the publican.

  • He wasn't a criminal, a thief, or murderer but someone who happened to have a bone to pick with Romas's brother and managed to get caught.

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