as in murdered
to put to death deliberately
President Lincoln was assassinated by John Wilkes Booth
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Recent Examples of assassinated
Mexican journalist Mauricio Cruz Solís was assassinated shortly after interviewing Manzo in October 2024.
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Ellie Cook, MSNBC Newsweek, 5 Nov. 2025
His original, undoctored manuscript even suggests that James might have plotted to have Elizabeth assassinated.
—Literary Hub, 4 Nov. 2025
In fictional meme lore, he was recently assassinated by rat hitman Tim Cheese.
—Wesley Stenzel, Entertainment Weekly, 4 Nov. 2025
Abe, who was assassinated in 2022, had signaled a willingness to meet Kim Jong Un without conditions to improve ties between their countries; several years later, then-leader Fumio Kishida also conveyed his intention to meet the North Korean leader.
—Jessie Yeung, CNN Money, 3 Nov. 2025
Kirk was assassinated while at an event at the campus of Utah Valley University in September.
—Ryan Gaydos, FOXNews.com, 30 Oct. 2025
He was assassinated by members of his own party, PAIGC (African Party for the Independence of Guinea and Cape Verde), in 1973.
—Leo Barraclough, Variety, 28 Oct. 2025
Trump was close to Abe, who was assassinated after leaving office.
—Preston Fore, Fortune, 25 Oct. 2025
After he was assassinated in September at Utah Valley University, the first stop on his tour, TPUSA announced Carlson would speak at IU instead.
—Marissa Meador, IndyStar, 22 Oct. 2025
Ellie Cook, MSNBC Newsweek, 5 Nov. 2025
His original, undoctored manuscript even suggests that James might have plotted to have Elizabeth assassinated.
—Literary Hub, 4 Nov. 2025
In fictional meme lore, he was recently assassinated by rat hitman Tim Cheese.
—Wesley Stenzel, Entertainment Weekly, 4 Nov. 2025
Abe, who was assassinated in 2022, had signaled a willingness to meet Kim Jong Un without conditions to improve ties between their countries; several years later, then-leader Fumio Kishida also conveyed his intention to meet the North Korean leader.
—Jessie Yeung, CNN Money, 3 Nov. 2025
Kirk was assassinated while at an event at the campus of Utah Valley University in September.
—Ryan Gaydos, FOXNews.com, 30 Oct. 2025
He was assassinated by members of his own party, PAIGC (African Party for the Independence of Guinea and Cape Verde), in 1973.
—Leo Barraclough, Variety, 28 Oct. 2025
Trump was close to Abe, who was assassinated after leaving office.
—Preston Fore, Fortune, 25 Oct. 2025
After he was assassinated in September at Utah Valley University, the first stop on his tour, TPUSA announced Carlson would speak at IU instead.
—Marissa Meador, IndyStar, 22 Oct. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for assassinated
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In 2017, for instance, prosecutors in Contra Costa overcame an insanity defense by William Shultz, who murdered a 9-year-old Discovery Bay boy during a sleepover and blamed it on a delusion about an impending World War III.—
Nate Gartrell,
Mercury News,
8 Jan. 2026
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Three women are murdered in Dahlonega, Georgia, and the six episodes are all about the search for the culprit.—
Olivia B. Waxman,
Time,
8 Jan. 2026
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Villages have been burned, civilians executed, and children targeted.—
Kim Aris,
Time,
7 Nov. 2025
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In January 2014, nearly 70 years after George was executed, a judge held a two-day hearing, which included testimony from three of George’s surviving siblings, members of the search party and several experts.—
Equal Justice Initiative,
USA Today,
6 Nov. 2025
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