ASSASSINATES Synonyms: 47 Similar and Opposite Words

assassinates

verb

present tense third-person singular of assassinate

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. — 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. — Erin Mansfield, USA Today, 1 Mar. 2026

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Moriarty has reported on the yogurt shop murders for over 30 years.

— Erin Moriarty, CBS News, 26 June 2026
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.

— Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 26 June 2026

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Kerry Washington completely dismissing Seth Meyers’s home life absolutely slays.

— Bethy Squires, Vulture, 19 June 2026
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.

— John Scott Lewinski, Robb Report, 8 Apr. 2026

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Thicker components typically mean massive internal resistance, which kills electrical current.

— Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 13 July 2026
In contrast, spraying visible ants often kills only a small portion of the colony while leaving the nest intact, with millions of workers ready to replace the small population killed by a contact spray.

— The San Diego Union Tribune, San Diego Union-Tribune, 11 July 2026

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