punishers

noun

plural of punisher
as in vigilantes
one who inflicts punishment in return for an injury or offense a father who regrets the fact that he always ends up being the household's disciplinarian and resident punisher

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  1. vigilantes
  2. nemeses
Noun
  • No fanfare had attended its completion near what is now Santa Clarita in 1926, the better to avoid attention from Owens Valley vigilantes, who were known to dynamite aqueduct pipes as protest against the diversion of their river water.
    — Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 6 Aug. 2026
  • The massacre devastated Wilmington’s flourishing Black middle class and sent a message of impunity to white vigilantes nationwide.
    — Namara Smith, New Yorker, 5 Aug. 2026
Definition of vigilantes
Noun
  • Lucy Hutton and Joshua Templeton are workplace nemeses who serve as executive assistants to co-CEOs of a publishing company.
    — Kayla Olson, PEOPLE, 16 June 2026
  • The actors played each other's nemeses in the comedy series created by and starring Seth Rogen.
    — Marina Watts, Entertainment Weekly, 9 June 2026
Definition of nemeses
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