Executioner
Executioner noun - An official who inflicts capital punishment in pursuit of a warrant.
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Synonyms for Executioner
Torturer and executioner are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Torturer" instead a noun "Executioner".
Torturer
Torturer noun - A person who causes repeated emotional pain, distress, or annoyance to another.
Executioner and torturer are semantically related. You can use "Executioner" instead a noun "Torturer".
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- In the fifties Katowice was renamed Stalinogrod after Stalin... Which spawned numerous jokes since "Kat" is Polish for an executioner/torturer/murderer.
Source: Please Select New City Name -
Ragtag Band of Misfits: Ulric's retinue consists of two war veterans, a mute soldier, a crazed murderer, a professional executioner/torturer and a mercenary.
Source: Film / Black Death - Kavorka Man: Severian is ugly, often misogynistic, and, you know, a professional torturer and executioner — but the number of women who don't seem to mind is rather staggering.
Source: Literature / Book of the New Sun
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