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1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006)

hit man
    n 1: a professional killer who uses a gun [syn: gunman,
         gunslinger, hired gun, gun, gun for hire,
         triggerman, hit man, hitman, torpedo, shooter]

2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

hit man \hit man\ n.
   1. A professional murderer, esp. one working for a criminal
      organization; also called torpedo. [Colloq.]
      [PJC]

   2. A slanderer working for political purposes to damage the
      reputation of an opponent; a hatchet man.
      [PJC]

Thesaurus Results for hit man:

1. Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

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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