as in murdered
to put to death deliberately
President Lincoln was assassinated by John Wilkes Booth
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Recent Examples of assassinated
These attacks often provided a larger cultural pretext for the campaigns of extralegal political violence that terrorized Black voters in the South, assassinated political leaders, and marred the integrity of several of the region’s major elections.
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Robert D. Bland, The Conversation, 30 Apr. 2026
An al-Qaida affiliate and an allied separatist group assassinated Mali’s defense minister and captured key territory in the country’s north during the attacks.
—Preeti Jha, semafor.com, 29 Apr. 2026
The designation has since been renewed multiple times as the country faces a host of crises, including widespread violence by armed gangs, food insecurity, displacement and a leadership vacuum after the president was assassinated in 2021.
—Tami Luhby, CNN Money, 28 Apr. 2026
In September 2025, Turning Point USA founder Charlie Kirk, 31, was assassinated during a speaking event at Utah Valley University in Orem, Utah.
—Michael Ruiz, FOXNews.com, 28 Apr. 2026
The've both witnessed their father and their uncle be assassinated.
—CBS News, 27 Apr. 2026
Months later, UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson was assassinated in broad daylight on a Manhattan street, a crime that was celebrated in some corners of the internet.
—Michael Scherer, The Atlantic, 26 Apr. 2026
Across the aisle, Melissa Hortman, a Democratic Minnesota state lawmaker, was assassinated along with her husband last year.
—Kacen Bayless, Kansas City Star, 26 Apr. 2026
Famously, a former RSS member assassinated one of the most famous Indians in history, Mohandas Gandhi, in 1948.
—Rob Schmitz, NPR, 25 Apr. 2026
Robert D. Bland, The Conversation, 30 Apr. 2026
An al-Qaida affiliate and an allied separatist group assassinated Mali’s defense minister and captured key territory in the country’s north during the attacks.
—Preeti Jha, semafor.com, 29 Apr. 2026
The designation has since been renewed multiple times as the country faces a host of crises, including widespread violence by armed gangs, food insecurity, displacement and a leadership vacuum after the president was assassinated in 2021.
—Tami Luhby, CNN Money, 28 Apr. 2026
In September 2025, Turning Point USA founder Charlie Kirk, 31, was assassinated during a speaking event at Utah Valley University in Orem, Utah.
—Michael Ruiz, FOXNews.com, 28 Apr. 2026
The've both witnessed their father and their uncle be assassinated.
—CBS News, 27 Apr. 2026
Months later, UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson was assassinated in broad daylight on a Manhattan street, a crime that was celebrated in some corners of the internet.
—Michael Scherer, The Atlantic, 26 Apr. 2026
Across the aisle, Melissa Hortman, a Democratic Minnesota state lawmaker, was assassinated along with her husband last year.
—Kacen Bayless, Kansas City Star, 26 Apr. 2026
Famously, a former RSS member assassinated one of the most famous Indians in history, Mohandas Gandhi, in 1948.
—Rob Schmitz, NPR, 25 Apr. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for assassinated
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Last week, Chicago police Officer John Bartholomew was murdered in the line of duty by a seven-time felon on parole who had multiple criminal arrest warrants, according to authorities.—
Silvana Tabares,
Chicago Tribune,
4 May 2026
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The case of 19-year-old Kristin Smart, who was murdered in her California Polytechnic State University dorm room in 1996, went cold until 2019 when Christopher Lambert, then a Cal Poly student, started a podcast, Your Own Backyard.—
The Week US,
TheWeek,
4 May 2026
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Chasing Horse was taken into custody in 2023 after Las Vegas police executed a search warrant at his home.—
Sean Mandell,
PEOPLE,
28 Apr. 2026
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Federal and state law enforcement executed search warrants in Minnesota early on April 28 in connection with an ongoing fraud probe that has embroiled the state, officials said.—
Jeanine Santucci,
USA Today,
28 Apr. 2026
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“Assassinated.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/assassinated. Accessed 8 May. 2026.
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