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. 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.

2. Chris Harrison:

   We all need to have a little grace, a little understanding, a little compassion, because I have seen some stuff online — this judge, jury, executioner thing — where people are just tearing this girl’s life apart and diving into, like, her parents, her parents’ voting record.

3. 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.

4. Marlon Brando:

   If we are not our brother's keeper, at least let us not be his executioner.

5. Lucretius:

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