Example Sentences
Recent Examples of Synonyms for decapitator
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No longer the beloved Renaissance prince of his youth, Henry was, by his mid-40s, an increasingly infirm and mercurial monarch who had few qualms about sending his closest companions—among them the aforementioned Thomas More—to the executioner’s block.—
Meilan Solly,
Smithsonian Magazine,
20 Mar. 2025 -
The Mirror and the Light opens with that profoundly disturbing execution, Foy a pale rictus of fear and vulnerability as she is led to the block, where she is blindfolded and positioned before the executioner’s sword.—
Taylor Antrim,
Vogue,
20 Mar. 2025
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Now, while media and fans are all crunching the numbers and trying to predict who will die and who their murderer is in Season 3, several people involved with the series are effectively telling audiences to brace themselves for something big in the finale, which will run 90 minutes.—
Tim Lammers,
Forbes.com,
5 Apr. 2025
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Look at this week’s murderer, Freya Frostad (Mary-Louise Parker) — she’s built an entire career and life on the belief that one only needs 44 things in this life.—
Sophie Brookover,
Vulture,
4 Apr. 2025
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And early intensity gave way to a late-game assassin.—
Bennett Durando,
Denver Post,
1 Apr. 2025
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Bruce Glover, the unorthodox actor who portrayed Mr. Wint, the assassin with the distinctive aftershave who partnered with Putter Smith’s Mr. Kidd in the James Bond film Diamonds Are Forever, has died.—
Mike Barnes,
HollywoodReporter,
29 Mar. 2025
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Several other leading figures of the period ended their days on the executioner’s block, including the unhappy Comte de Chalais, whose headsman bungled the job and ended up frantically chopping away at his screaming victim with a small hatchet.—
David A. Bell,
Foreign Affairs,
1 Mar. 2012
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Even if your reality is the headsman’s block!—
Helen Shaw,
Vulture,
4 Oct. 2021
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But since taking office, the president has been tightening up his definition of freedom like a hangman’s noose.—
Clarence Page,
Chicago Tribune,
23 Mar. 2025
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Our staff plays hangman to pass some time.—
R29 Team,
refinery29.com,
7 Mar. 2025
Noun
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The Sportatorium, owned by the Stephen A. Calder estate whose executor is Hort Soper, closed when the Miami Arena came on the scene.—
Miami Herald Archives,
Miami Herald,
3 Apr. 2025
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The digital replication right does not expire at a person’s death, and can be transferred and licensed by heirs, executors and others.—
Ted Johnson,
Deadline,
9 Apr. 2025
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More than four decades after the killings, PEOPLE is looking back at the haunting serial killer case and how it was solved with a revolutionary way of using DNA.—
Sean Neumann,
People.com,
12 Apr. 2025
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Related article They are known as silent killers.—
Taylor Nicioli,
CNN Money,
12 Apr. 2025
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“Decapitator.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/decapitator. Accessed 19 Apr. 2025.
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