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/ˌɛksəˈkjuʃənɚ/ · noun
An official person who carries out the capital punishment of a criminal..
He would probably have died by the hand of the executioner, if indeed the executioner had not been anticipated by the populace.
Underpinning that power was a reign of terror the like of which Chechens had not seen since the days of Stalin. Even the Russian contraktniki, or freelance fighters, were not as feared as Mr Kadyrov's private army of kidnappers, torturers and executioners were.
Use executioner when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Executioner means An official person who carries out the capital punishment of a criminal..
Common synonyms include carnifex, deathsman, doomsman, executioner.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
He would probably have died by the hand of the executioner, if indeed the executioner had not been anticipated by the populace.
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