killers

NOUN

murderer

Synonyms

STRONG

assassin butcher executioner exterminator hunter slayer

WEAK

cut-throat gunman/woman gunperson hit person hit-man/woman

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killers

Prime Minister Andy Burnham has told his justice secretary to find a way to exclude PC Andrew Harper's killers from an early release scheme designed to ease prison overcrowding.

From BBC ● Aug. 11, 2026

Housing, Communities and Local Government Secretary Angela Rayner said the government was still looking at all options around the prisons crisis and preventing the early release of PC Harper's killers.

From BBC ● Aug. 11, 2026

Fifty police chiefs have signed a letter urging the prime minister to pursue "every legal option" to prevent the early release of PC Andrew Harper's killers.

From BBC ● Aug. 11, 2026

It meant the jury was not sure that PC Harper's killers knew they were dragging the officer behind the car.

From BBC ● Aug. 8, 2026

But insecticides and weed killers are brought into intimate contact with large numbers of people.

From "Silent Spring" by Rachel Carson