executioner
gb/ˌɛksɪkjˈuʃənɚ/ us/ˌɛksɪkjˈuʃənɚ/
B2
Английски
~ 9900
Значения
0 значения
Съществително
B2
entity
1
person who carries out executions
A person whose job is to kill a prisoner after a court says the prisoner must die.
Модел на употреба:
[someone] is an executioner
Честа грешка:
Learners sometimes confuse "executioner" with "executor". An "executioner" kills someone as a punishment; an "executor" is a person legally responsible for carrying out the instructions in a will after someone dies.
Синоними
hangman (Specifically an executioner who kills by hanging; slightly old-fashioned.)
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headsman (Historical term for an executioner who beheads people, used mainly in historical contexts.)
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state executioner (Highlights that the person works for the government or legal system.)
Антоними
victim (The person who suffers harm or is killed, rather than the person who carries out the killing.)
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prisoner (Someone held by the state and potentially executed, in contrast to the person performing the execution.)
Колокации
public executioner
|official executioner
|royal executioner
|state executioner
|masked executioner
|executioner’s axe
Теми
law
|crime
|history
|politics
Примери
- The executioner raised his axe as the crowd fell silent.
- In many countries today, the role of the official executioner no longer exists.
- The masked executioner led the condemned man to the gallows.
- History books describe the royal executioner who served the king for thirty years.
- The executioner followed the court’s order and carried out the death sentence at dawn.
Примери за учащи
- The executioner killed the man after the court’s decision.
- In the story, the king speaks to the executioner before the hanging.
- The executioner wears a black hood in the movie.
- In modern times, many countries do not have an executioner.
- People were afraid when they saw the executioner walk into the prison.
Съществително
literary
C1
entity
2
ruthless destroyer of something
A person who completely destroys something, such as people’s hopes or a plan, in a very hard or cruel way.
Модел на употреба:
an executioner of [something]
Честа грешка:
Learners may not realize this is a figurative, literary use. It usually does not mean that the person legally kills someone, but that they strongly and completely end or destroy something.
Синоними
destroyer (Very close in meaning, but more general and less emotionally strong than "executioner" in this figurative use.)
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butcher (Shares a sense of cruelty, but usually focuses more on physical killing or bloodshed than on abstract things like hopes or plans.)
Антоними
savior (Someone who rescues or protects something, the opposite of someone who destroys it.)
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protector (Someone who keeps people or things safe instead of ending or destroying them.)
Колокации
executioner of dreams
|executioner of hope
|executioner of the regime
|political executioner
Теми
emotions
|violence
|society
|core_vocabulary
Примери
- The dictator became the executioner of his own revolution, turning against the very people who had supported him.
- Critics called the new CEO the executioner of the company’s traditional culture.
- War can be the silent executioner of childhood dreams.
- He refused to be the executioner of his colleagues’ careers by announcing more layoffs.
- History may remember her not as a reformer but as the executioner of the welfare system.
Примери за учащи
- Some people saw the leader as the executioner of their freedom.
- The new rules were the executioner of many small businesses.
- The coach became the executioner of the old team, sending many players away.
- Bad habits can be the executioner of your health.
- The war was the executioner of their simple and happy life.
Граматика
Речникова форма
executioner
IPA
GB/ˌɛksɪkjˈuʃənɚ/
US/ˌɛksɪkjˈuʃənɚ/
Срички и ударение
ex - e - cu - tion - er (5 срички)
Stress on 3rd syllable (cu)
Форми на думата
Noun
- Base: executioner
- Plural: executioners
Семейство думи
Изрази
judge, jury, and executioner
1/d͡ʒˈʌd͡ʒ | d͡ʒˈʊɹi | ˈænd ˌɛksɪkjˈuʃənɚ/
fixed phrase
one who controls judgment and punishment
To be the only person or group who decides if someone is guilty and also decides and gives the punishment, with no fair process.
Примери
- The media should report the facts, not act as judge, jury, and executioner.
- In that small town, the mayor was judge, jury, and executioner when it came to local disputes.
- Online mobs often try to be judge, jury, and executioner for anyone accused of doing wrong.