executioner

Example Sentences

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In “Next Generation,” this exchange would have led to a moralizing speech from Jean-Luc about how they cannot play judge, jury and executioner.

From New York Times

Pharmaceutical companies increasingly have barred executioners from using their drugs, saying they were meant to save lives.

From Seattle Times

The expression on a Viet Cong fighter’s face just as his executioner pulled the trigger on the gun held to his head helped to turn the tide of the war at home.

From Washington Post

Now, angry Latino voters once again stand as judge, jury and executioner of California’s political future — but in a way few could’ve ever imagined.

From Los Angeles Times

Now, some of the main political inheritors of Tunisia's revolution are casting him as its executioner - saying his dismissal of government and freezing of parliament are an attack on democracy.

From Reuters