Assassin - English meaning

noun

A person whose trade is cutting up and selling meat in a shop.

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Markets often have butchers or cooked meat shops that specialize in the head and trotters, that is,…

verb

Slaughter or cut up (an animal) for food.

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A ban on butchering downer cows - animals that stagger, can't walk, or exhibit other signs of bse-w…

adjective

Having an appearance or other qualities of a type traditionally seen as masculine.

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A butch woman in a baseball cap

noun

An official who carries out a sentence of death on a condemned person.

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It had been difficult to find an executioner to carry out the sentence.

noun

Someone whose job is to execute criminals

noun

A person whose job is to eradicate pests from a building or area; a pest controller.

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If your house has scorpions, call a professional exterminator

noun

A person or thing that destroys something completely.

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He became an exterminator of pumas, tracking them down in dark caverns

noun

A person whose job it is to kill unwanted insects or animals

noun

A man who uses a gun to commit a crime or terrorist act.

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A gang of masked gunmen

noun

A criminal who uses a gun

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The gunman ordered the couple to toss their cash onto the floor.

noun

A man who is paid to murder someone

noun

The killing of one person by another.

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He was charged with homicide

noun

The crime of killing a person; murder

Usage examples:

[ u ] he was convicted of homicide.

noun

A person or thing that kills.

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There's a killer on the loose

adjective

Denoting a person or thing that kills.

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A killer virus

noun

Someone or something that causes someone or something to die

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The police haven’t found the killer yet., heart disease is a killer (= cause of death)., the test w…

noun

A person appointed to wind up the affairs of a company or firm.

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As noted above, an unregistered company charge is void as against both subsequent creditors and the…

noun

An official person or organization that is given the job of closing a company, by selling its assets so that its debts can be paid

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The liquidator appointed an expert to value the company's machinery.

noun

A person who commits murder.

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Convicted murderers

noun

Someone who illegally and intentionally kills another person

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A convicted murderer was executed in north carolina yesterday., a mass murderer (= someone who has …

noun

Someone who kills a person or animal in a violent way.

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David, the slayer of goliath

noun

Someone who kills in a violent way

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A dragon slayer

noun

A person or thing that terminates something.

Usage examples:

Techniques intended to monitor foetal health became terminators of the female foetus.

noun

Someone or something that terminates (= ends) something

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The article described yeltsin as a terminator of the soviet system., certain words and characters a…