Synonyms of assassinated

assassinated

verb

past tense of assassinate

as in murdered

to put to death deliberately

President Lincoln was assassinated by John Wilkes Booth

Synonyms & Similar Words

• murdered
• executed
• killed
• dispatched
• slaughtered
• got
• destroyed
• neutralized
• offed
• liquidated
• snuffed
• whacked
• slew
• terminated
• put away
• croaked
• knocked off
• iced
• took out
• did in
• bumped off
• did away with
• rubbed out
• claimed
• massacred
• eliminated
• butchered
• shot
• cut down
• eradicated
• shot down
• felled
• carried off
• exterminated
• blotted out
• smote
• annihilated
• wiped out
• blew away
• zapped
• mowed (down)

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• restored
• raised
• revived
• animated
• resurrected
• resuscitated

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of assassinated

And then the president of Haiti was assassinated, and things got really bad in Haiti with the gang violence that ensued. — Zac Ntim, Deadline, 6 Aug. 2026

Irish revolutionary and politician Michael Collins was assassinated in County Cork at the age of 31. — USA Today, 4 Aug. 2026

As Montana and his team were recording it last year, news broke that Charlie Kirk had been assassinated. — Selena Fragassi, SPIN, 30 July 2026

After President Kennedy was assassinated in 1963, Jackie took on the role of sole parent, and was committed to raising her kids away from the spotlight. — Stephanie Sengwe, PEOPLE, 28 July 2026

In the days after the Zacatecas slayings, a mayor was assassinated in his office in the central state of Morelos and a journalist was shot dead in Oaxaca, in the south. — Los Angeles Times, 26 July 2026

What happened Vance Boelter, the man who assassinated former Minnesota House Speaker Melissa Hortman (D) and her husband at their home last summer, was sentenced on Thursday to two life terms plus 40 years in prison. — Rafi Schwartz, TheWeek, 24 July 2026

One of the most famous examples comes from Archbishop Óscar Romero, who was assassinated in 1980 and declared a saint by Pope Francis in 2018. — Gina Perez, The Conversation, 21 July 2026

Kennedy was assassinated in November, but there was a whole bunch of things happening. — Lynne Sullivan, The Providence Journal, 2 July 2026