Example Sentences
Recent Examples of Synonyms for decapitator
Noun
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Sadly, both the XLR-V and STS-V would only last a single generation, meeting the executioner in 2009 as parent company GM struggled under the weight of the financial crisis and subsequent corporate restructuring.—
Will Sabel Courtney,
Robb Report,
15 July 2025 -
This mark signals that her would-be executioner is part of a cult.—
David Fear,
Rolling Stone,
4 June 2025
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Adolescence has continued to wow audiences as the show’s 15-year-old star, Owen Cooper, has landed a 2025 Emmy nomination for his role of teen murderer Jamie Miller.—
Lily Ford,
HollywoodReporter,
15 July 2025
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Based on true events, the Gorgona Island prison, 34 miles off the Pacific coast, was once one of the most brutal of tropical penitentiary for murderers, rapists and political prisoners, notorious for its use of torture.—
John Hopewell,
Variety,
15 July 2025
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PlayStation 5 Games Deals The Assassin's Creed franchise has been a staple in gaming consoles for nearly 20 years now, and Shadows, the latest iteration, furthers that tradition with a game that puts players behind Naoe, a shinobi assassin, and Yasuke, a legendary samurai.—
PC Magazine,
PC Magazine,
11 July 2025
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The details of how these would-be assassins got so close are still shrouded in mystery.—
Jenny Goldsberry,
The Washington Examiner,
10 July 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
Noun
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The death penalty has just been abolished in the United Kingdom, and all the townspeople in Oldham want to know what the second-best hangman in the country has to say about it.—
Luann Gibbs,
The Enquirer,
2 July 2025
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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
Noun
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Being an executor of an estate is a huge task, and the role only gets more complicated as the estate size increases.—
Steve Hruby,
The Enquirer,
2 July 2025
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Getting precise information on assets may be helpful to fulfilling your obligations as a personal administrator (executor) or successor trustee under the deceased spouse’s revocable trust.—
Martin Shenkman,
Forbes.com,
19 May 2025
Noun
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The slasher universe began its feature journey in 2016 with Terrifier, but its leading serial killer appeared in several of Leone’s short films dating back to 2008.—
Abbey White,
HollywoodReporter,
10 July 2025
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The original Dexter series — which followed Dexter Morgan (Hall), a vigilante serial killer who uses skills as a forensic technician with the Miami Metro Police Department to meticulously rid society of heinous criminals — ran from 2006 to 2013.—
Tim Lammers,
Forbes.com,
10 July 2025
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“Decapitator.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/decapitator. Accessed 20 Jul. 2025.
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