Hitman
Tough
Tough noun - A violent, brutal person who is often a member of an organized gang.
Both words in one sentence
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In Hitman's own series, there was Nightfist, a tough vigilante who shows no mercy and will hit you, with his fists, hard.
Source: Dark Age of Supernames - In the 1986 action comedy Tough Guys the protagonists are marched off by a shotgun-toting hitman.
Source: Implied Death Threat - All of this was quietly forgotten after a few episodes, and Heero switches to The Stoic Hitman with a Heart who is highly trained and tough, yes, but to much more believable levels.
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