executioner
noun
ex·e·cu·tion·er
ˌek-si-ˈkyü-sh(ə-)nər 
: one who executes
especially
: one who puts to death
Examples of executioner in a Sentence
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Congress is judge, jury, and executioner, with no witnesses for the defense allowed.
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Brendan Ahern, Forbes, 28 Mar. 2024
The executioners must have at least three years of medical experience and cannot have blood or legal relationships to either the prisoner, the prisoner’s victims or their respective families.
—Kevin Fixler, Idaho Statesman, 26 Mar. 2024
The executioners must have at least three years of medical experience and cannot have blood or legal relationships to either the prisoner, the prisoner's victims or their respective families.
—Kevin Fixler Idaho Statesman (tns), arkansasonline.com, 10 Mar. 2024
None of the authors or executioners of this stupendous blunder have suffered professionally or lost political standing.
—Armstrong Williams, Baltimore Sun, 2 Feb. 2024
The two parties agree, for example, that the president possesses the power to play prosecutor, judge, jury, and executioner to kill any person anywhere on the planet based on secret, unreviewable speculation that the corpse could have become an imminent national security threat.
—Armstrong Williams, Baltimore Sun, 2 Feb. 2024
Acting as judge, jury, and executioner on Article 3 of the 14th Amendment—a constitutional provision barring from office those who have engaged in insurrection—Bellows followed the example of the Colorado supreme court.
—Nr Editors, National Review, 5 Jan. 2024
Desbois himself turned up lurid details about the murders in German archives, including an account of a food vendor who accompanied the executioners and provided them with sandwiches and drinks during the killings.
—Joshua Hammer, Smithsonian Magazine, 29 Nov. 2023
This week’s Liberal Media Scream is a five-screamer featuring an ABC host and former Clinton handler acting as judge, jury, and executioner of former President Donald Trump and his effort to remain on the 2024 primary ballots and let voters, not partisan state officials, decide his fate.
—Paul Bedard, Washington Examiner, 8 Jan. 2024
Brendan Ahern, Forbes, 28 Mar. 2024
The executioners must have at least three years of medical experience and cannot have blood or legal relationships to either the prisoner, the prisoner’s victims or their respective families.
—Kevin Fixler, Idaho Statesman, 26 Mar. 2024
The executioners must have at least three years of medical experience and cannot have blood or legal relationships to either the prisoner, the prisoner's victims or their respective families.
—Kevin Fixler Idaho Statesman (tns), arkansasonline.com, 10 Mar. 2024
None of the authors or executioners of this stupendous blunder have suffered professionally or lost political standing.
—Armstrong Williams, Baltimore Sun, 2 Feb. 2024
The two parties agree, for example, that the president possesses the power to play prosecutor, judge, jury, and executioner to kill any person anywhere on the planet based on secret, unreviewable speculation that the corpse could have become an imminent national security threat.
—Armstrong Williams, Baltimore Sun, 2 Feb. 2024
Acting as judge, jury, and executioner on Article 3 of the 14th Amendment—a constitutional provision barring from office those who have engaged in insurrection—Bellows followed the example of the Colorado supreme court.
—Nr Editors, National Review, 5 Jan. 2024
Desbois himself turned up lurid details about the murders in German archives, including an account of a food vendor who accompanied the executioners and provided them with sandwiches and drinks during the killings.
—Joshua Hammer, Smithsonian Magazine, 29 Nov. 2023
This week’s Liberal Media Scream is a five-screamer featuring an ABC host and former Clinton handler acting as judge, jury, and executioner of former President Donald Trump and his effort to remain on the 2024 primary ballots and let voters, not partisan state officials, decide his fate.
—Paul Bedard, Washington Examiner, 8 Jan. 2024
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executioner
noun
ex·e·cu·tion·er
ˌek-sə-ˈkyü-sh(ə-)nər
: a person who carries out a sentence of death
Legal Definition
executioner
noun
ex·e·cu·tion·er
ˌek-si-ˈkyü-shə-nər
: one who puts another to death in fulfillment of a judicial death sentence
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