Synonyms for executioner
ˌɛk sɪˈkyu ʃə nərex·e·cu·tion·er

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1. executioner, public executionernoun

   an official who inflicts capital punishment in pursuit of a warrant

   Synonyms:
   public executioner

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1. executionernoun

   Synonyms:
   hangman

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1. List of paraphrases for "executioner":

   hangman, verdugo, torturer, executor, kat, butcher

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How to use executioner in a sentence?

1. Anna Harmon:

   The judge, jury and executioner are all in one place, he is intent on using his office to root out thought and speech with which he personally disagrees.

2. Thomas Spencer:

   The first parade has some pretty overt racial symbolism and intimidation. The VP was armed, and there was an executioner’s block on the float, etc..

3. Lucretius:

   Though the dungeon, the scourge, and the executioner be absent, the guilty mind can apply the goad and scorch with blows.

4. Carson Cowles:

   The whole world is going to be looking at his family who raised this monster, i'd be the executioner myself if they would allow it.

5. General Omar Nelson Bradley:

   Ours is a world of nuclear giants and ethical infants. If we continue to develop our technology without wisdom or prudence, our servant may prove to be our executioner.