as in murdered
to put to death deliberately
President Lincoln was assassinated by John Wilkes Booth
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Recent Examples of assassinated
Just days earlier, Erika’s husband had been assassinated during a public speaking event in Utah.
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Mitchell Peters, Billboard, 14 Sep. 2025
Charlie Kirk, a prominent conservative figure, was assassinated on Wednesday while speaking at a college campus in Utah.
—Agustina Vergara Cid, Oc Register, 13 Sep. 2025
Kirk, a conservative political activist, was assassinated at a speaking event in Utah on Wednesday, the day after Talarico launched his Senate campaign in Texas.
—Lauren Green, The Washington Examiner, 13 Sep. 2025
Their upstairs room full of antique tomes provides panoramic views of the historic statehouse and its statue of former governor William Goebel, who was assassinated on the grounds in 1900.
—Robin Roenker, Southern Living, 13 Sep. 2025
Kirk, 31, was assassinated Wednesday during a campus event at Utah Valley University.
—Paulina Dedaj, FOXNews.com, 13 Sep. 2025
Flags in front of public institutions around California’s capital were flown at half-staff on Friday — the final workday of a week when Americans commemorated the 24th anniversary of 9/11 and when conservative activist Charlie Kirk was assassinated at an event in Utah.
—Sacbee.com, 12 Sep. 2025
Charlie Kirk was assassinated Wednesday.
—Howie Carr, Boston Herald, 12 Sep. 2025
That ornery cleric was Moqtada al-Sadr, the son of Mohammad Sadiq al-Sadr, a grand ayatollah assassinated almost certainly by Saddam’s order in 1999.
—Graeme Wood, The Atlantic, 2 Sep. 2025
Mitchell Peters, Billboard, 14 Sep. 2025
Charlie Kirk, a prominent conservative figure, was assassinated on Wednesday while speaking at a college campus in Utah.
—Agustina Vergara Cid, Oc Register, 13 Sep. 2025
Kirk, a conservative political activist, was assassinated at a speaking event in Utah on Wednesday, the day after Talarico launched his Senate campaign in Texas.
—Lauren Green, The Washington Examiner, 13 Sep. 2025
Their upstairs room full of antique tomes provides panoramic views of the historic statehouse and its statue of former governor William Goebel, who was assassinated on the grounds in 1900.
—Robin Roenker, Southern Living, 13 Sep. 2025
Kirk, 31, was assassinated Wednesday during a campus event at Utah Valley University.
—Paulina Dedaj, FOXNews.com, 13 Sep. 2025
Flags in front of public institutions around California’s capital were flown at half-staff on Friday — the final workday of a week when Americans commemorated the 24th anniversary of 9/11 and when conservative activist Charlie Kirk was assassinated at an event in Utah.
—Sacbee.com, 12 Sep. 2025
Charlie Kirk was assassinated Wednesday.
—Howie Carr, Boston Herald, 12 Sep. 2025
That ornery cleric was Moqtada al-Sadr, the son of Mohammad Sadiq al-Sadr, a grand ayatollah assassinated almost certainly by Saddam’s order in 1999.
—Graeme Wood, The Atlantic, 2 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for assassinated
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The house is haunted by a family of farmers that lived and died on the land, murdered horribly by the patriarch of the family, but really, the problem is the demon that controls the mirror and its dark reflections.—
Dani Di Placido,
Forbes.com,
10 Sep. 2025
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Conservative activist Charlie Kirk was murdered on Wednesday during a speaking engagement at Utah Valley University.—
The Editorial Board,
Oc Register,
10 Sep. 2025
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On Tuesday evening, ahead of the official start of New York Fashion Week, at Cipriani Wall in Manhattan, Brandice Daniel and her team executed an evening dedicated to artisans and creatives.—
Robyn Mowatt,
Essence,
12 Sep. 2025
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Federal agents executed a search warrant at her home in Virginia and found three 9mm pistols, including one inside a purse that also contained Perkins’ photo identification.—
KC Baker,
People.com,
11 Sep. 2025
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“Assassinated.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/assassinated. Accessed 18 Sep. 2025.
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