Synonyms for executioner
ˌɛk sɪˈkyu ʃə nərex·e·cu·tion·er

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1. executioner, public executionernoun

   an official who inflicts capital punishment in pursuit of a warrant

   Synonyms:
   public executioner

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1. executionernoun

   Synonyms:
   hangman

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1. List of paraphrases for "executioner":

   hangman, verdugo, torturer, executor, kat, butcher

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How to use executioner in a sentence?

1. John Donne:

   But I do nothing upon myself, and yet I am my own executioner.

2. Lucretius:

   Though the dungeon, the scourge, and the executioner be absent, the guilty mind can apply the goad and scorch with blows.

3. General Omar Nelson Bradley:

   Ours is a world of nuclear giants and ethical infants. If we continue to develop our technology without wisdom or prudence, our servant may prove to be our executioner.

4. Anna Harmon:

   The judge, jury and executioner are all in one place, he is intent on using his office to root out thought and speech with which he personally disagrees.

5. Sunjeev Bery:

   It’s as brutal an act to have your head chopped by a public executioner as it is by a member of the so called Islamic State.