as in murdered
to put to death deliberately
President Lincoln was assassinated by John Wilkes Booth
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Recent Examples of assassinated
In September, Kirk was assassinated in front of three thousand students at Utah Valley University while debating a liberal audience member about gun control.
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Charles Duhigg, New Yorker, 26 Jan. 2026
He was assassinated that night.
—Matt Brown, Los Angeles Times, 26 Jan. 2026
President Jovenel Moïse was assassinated in his home in the middle of the night in July 2021 despite the presence of multiple members of his security detail.
—Jacqueline Charles, Miami Herald, 20 Jan. 2026
The clear message was that the award—which by rule cannot be given posthumously—should have gone to Mahatma Gandhi, assassinated earlier that year.
—Drew Goins, The Atlantic, 20 Jan. 2026
He was assassinated in Memphis, Tennessee, in 1968.
—Camryn Dadey, Sacbee.com, 19 Jan. 2026
He was assassinated in 1968, and MLK Day was established as a federal holiday in 1983.
—Bailey Allen, The Patriot Ledger, 19 Jan. 2026
President Kennedy was assassinated two years later, in November 1963.
—Emma Banks, InStyle, 18 Jan. 2026
He was assassinated in 1968, and MLK Day was established as a federal holiday in 1983.
—Bailey Allen, The Providence Journal, 18 Jan. 2026
Charles Duhigg, New Yorker, 26 Jan. 2026
He was assassinated that night.
—Matt Brown, Los Angeles Times, 26 Jan. 2026
President Jovenel Moïse was assassinated in his home in the middle of the night in July 2021 despite the presence of multiple members of his security detail.
—Jacqueline Charles, Miami Herald, 20 Jan. 2026
The clear message was that the award—which by rule cannot be given posthumously—should have gone to Mahatma Gandhi, assassinated earlier that year.
—Drew Goins, The Atlantic, 20 Jan. 2026
He was assassinated in Memphis, Tennessee, in 1968.
—Camryn Dadey, Sacbee.com, 19 Jan. 2026
He was assassinated in 1968, and MLK Day was established as a federal holiday in 1983.
—Bailey Allen, The Patriot Ledger, 19 Jan. 2026
President Kennedy was assassinated two years later, in November 1963.
—Emma Banks, InStyle, 18 Jan. 2026
He was assassinated in 1968, and MLK Day was established as a federal holiday in 1983.
—Bailey Allen, The Providence Journal, 18 Jan. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for assassinated
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James Folta Talks to Bookseller Angela Schwesnedl Angela Schwesnedl from Moon Palace Books in Minneapolis picked up my phone call on Saturday almost two hours to the minute after Alex Pretti was murdered in the street by ICE officers.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
27 Jan. 2026
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Eger watched her parents taken away to the gas chambers where more than a million people, primarily of Jewish descent, were murdered.—
Linda Mcintosh,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
26 Jan. 2026
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Renee Good, a 37-year-old mother of three, was summarily executed in the street.—
Dev Patnaik,
Forbes.com,
27 Jan. 2026
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His death sentence echoes the case of Iranian wrestling champion Navid Afkari, who was executed in September 2020.—
Emma Bussey,
FOXNews.com,
27 Jan. 2026
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“Assassinated.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/assassinated. Accessed 31 Jan. 2026.
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