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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | murderer of prominent or important person |
| Synonyms: | butcher, clipper, dropper, eliminator, enforcer, executioner, guerrilla, gun person, gun*, hatchet person, hit person, killer, liquidator, piece person, plugger, slayer, soldier, torpedo, trigger person |
| Antonyms: | victim |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | hit man |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | hired killer |
| Synonyms: | assassin, butcher, contract killer, executioner, gunman, hatchet man, hired gun, hired gun, hired killer, killer, marksman, markswoman, murderer, professional killer, rifleman, shooter, sniper, trigger man, triggerman |
| Main Entry: | killer |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | murderer |
| Synonyms: | assassin, butcher, cut-throat, executioner, exterminator, gunman/woman, gunperson, hit person, hit-man/woman, hunter, slayer, soldier |
| Main Entry: | murderer |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | person who kills |
| Synonyms: | assassin, butcher, criminal, cutthroat, enforcer, executioner, hit person, hit-and-run, homicide, killer, manslaughterer, perpetrator, slaughterer, slayer, soldier, trigger person |
| Main Entry: | thug |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | hoodlum |
| Synonyms: | assassin, bandit, bully, criminal, delinquent, gang member, gangster, goon, gorilla, gunman, hired killer, hood, hooligan, killer, mobster, murderer, professional killer, punk, rioter, rowdy, ruffian, troublemaker |
| Main Entry: | sniper |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | gunman |
| Synonyms: | assassin, killer, marksman, markswoman, sharpshooter |
| Main Entry: | destroyer |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | a destructive agent |
| Synonyms: | annihilator, assassin, bomber, cancer, chemotherapy, demolisher, despoiler, eradicator, executioner, exterminator, firebrand, iconoclast, pillager, poison, radiation, ransacker, savage, slaughterer, vandal, wrecker |
| Antonyms: | author, creator, restorer |
| Main Entry: | hired gun |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | professional killer |
| Synonyms: | assassin, butcher, contract killer, executioner, gunman, hatchet man, hired killer, hit man, killer, murderer, sniper, trigger man |
| Main Entry: | gunman |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | shooter of gun |
| Synonyms: | assassin, gunslinger, hit man, killer, sniper, torpedo, triggerman |
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