as in murders
to put to death deliberately
President Lincoln was assassinated by John Wilkes Booth
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Recent Examples of assassinates
That assassinates Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, sparking retaliatory attacks by Iran across the Middle East.
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Jill Lawrence,
Mercury News,
7 Mar. 2026
Soleimani assassination | Trump orders a drone strike in Iraq that assassinates Qasem Soleimani, an influential Iranian military commander.
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Erin Mansfield,
USA Today,
1 Mar. 2026
Jill Lawrence,
Mercury News,
7 Mar. 2026
Soleimani assassination | Trump orders a drone strike in Iraq that assassinates Qasem Soleimani, an influential Iranian military commander.
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Erin Mansfield,
USA Today,
1 Mar. 2026
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Moriarty has reported on the yogurt shop murders for over 30 years.
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Not the family stuff, like Natalie’s spontaneous nipple piercing after making out with Cady’s maybe-daughter, Nevaeh (Malia Pyles), who later murders her own mother after kissing her, for way too long, on the mouth.
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Kerry Washington completely dismissing Seth Meyers’s home life absolutely slays.
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With the Land Rover Terrain Response System offering modes comprising Eco, Dynamic, Grass/Gravel/Snow, Mud & Ruts, Sand, Rock Crawl, and Wade, the tech takes the geographic and meteorological elements and slays them with a flick of a control.
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When an agent executes a refund policy, a credit decision, an escalation rule—that is your operating model running in production.
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Director Wes Craven executes a masterclass in tension, shock, and subverting expectations.
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According to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, heatstroke kills around 40 kids in cars every year.
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Aemond kills the old man anyway, and then kills his sons, though not before being stabbed in the back himself.
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“Assassinates.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/assassinates. Accessed 6 Jul. 2026.
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