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hit man
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun hit man has 1 sense
- hit man(n = noun.person) gun, gun for hire, gunman, gunslinger, hired gun, hitman, shooter, torpedo, triggerman - a professional killer who uses a gun; Array is a kind of liquidator, manslayer, murderer
CIDE DICTIONARY
hit man, n.
- A professional murderer, esp. one working for a criminal organization; also called
torpedo . [PJC] - A slanderer working for political purposes to damage the reputation of an opponent; a hatchet man. [PJC]
THESAURUS
hit man
Cain, apache, assassin, assassinator, bloodletter, bloodshedder, bravo, burker, butcher, button man, cannibal, cutthroat, desperado, eradicator, executioner, exterminator, garroter, gorilla, gun, gunman, gunsel, gunslinger, hatchet man, head-hunter, homicidal maniac, homicide, killer, man-eater, man-killer, manslayer, massacrer, matador, murderer, pesticide, poison, poisoner, slaughterer, slayer, strangler, thug, torpedo, trigger man
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