as in murdering
to put to death deliberately
President Lincoln was assassinated by John Wilkes Booth
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Recent Examples of assassinating
Yes, assassinating their leaders might have played into that.
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Isaac Chotiner, New Yorker, 25 May 2026
Mangione is accused of assassinating UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson.
—Adam Sabes , Maria Paronich, FOXNews.com, 13 May 2026
Making a disgusting joke about assassinating the President #2.
—Ted Johnson, Deadline, 28 Apr. 2026
The furor around Kimmel comes seven months after ABC briefly suspended his talk show amid a controversy over his comments about the political motivations of the man accused of assassinating conservative activist Charlie Kirk in Utah.
—Daniel Arkin, NBC news, 28 Apr. 2026
This comes on top of at least 15 years of US-Israel assassinating Iranian university scientists and their families.
—Literary Hub, 10 Apr. 2026
Israel appears to have taken the lead on assassinating even low-level figures linked to Iran’s nuclear program while systematically degrading the knowledge centers that could prove useful in the future.
—Mostafa Salem, CNN Money, 7 Apr. 2026
Prosecutors described Glean in a sentencing letter as a rival gang member who hunted Thompson, intent on assassinating him.
—John Annese, New York Daily News, 18 Mar. 2026
Four years ago, a man was arrested outside the home of Justice Brett Kavanaugh with the intention of assassinating him.
—Devin Dwyer, ABC News, 17 Mar. 2026
Isaac Chotiner, New Yorker, 25 May 2026
Mangione is accused of assassinating UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson.
—Adam Sabes , Maria Paronich, FOXNews.com, 13 May 2026
Making a disgusting joke about assassinating the President #2.
—Ted Johnson, Deadline, 28 Apr. 2026
The furor around Kimmel comes seven months after ABC briefly suspended his talk show amid a controversy over his comments about the political motivations of the man accused of assassinating conservative activist Charlie Kirk in Utah.
—Daniel Arkin, NBC news, 28 Apr. 2026
This comes on top of at least 15 years of US-Israel assassinating Iranian university scientists and their families.
—Literary Hub, 10 Apr. 2026
Israel appears to have taken the lead on assassinating even low-level figures linked to Iran’s nuclear program while systematically degrading the knowledge centers that could prove useful in the future.
—Mostafa Salem, CNN Money, 7 Apr. 2026
Prosecutors described Glean in a sentencing letter as a rival gang member who hunted Thompson, intent on assassinating him.
—John Annese, New York Daily News, 18 Mar. 2026
Four years ago, a man was arrested outside the home of Justice Brett Kavanaugh with the intention of assassinating him.
—Devin Dwyer, ABC News, 17 Mar. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for assassinating
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Worthington plays David Burroughs, a man wrongfully serving a life sentence for murdering his son.—
Monica Mercuri,
Forbes.com,
1 June 2026
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Hunter was convicted of murdering Green — who knew him only as his alias, Michael Berry — 24 years after her body was found in the trunk of her own car in the parking lot of a Walgreen’s store in Sanford.—
Cristóbal Reyes,
The Orlando Sentinel,
1 June 2026
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The Royal Commission on Antisemitism and Social Cohesion was created in response to two gunmen allegedly inspired by the Islamic State group slaying 15 people at a Sydney Hanukkah celebration in December.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
26 May 2026
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The two children the fugitive father spirited away to Mexico after Bravo’s slaying nearly two years ago are safe in Sacramento County with their maternal grandmother, said Sacramento and federal authorities at a news conference Tuesday in downtown Sacramento.—
Sacbee.com,
Sacbee.com,
19 May 2026
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But as agents begin to act by booking flights, executing trades, signing contracts and deploying infrastructure, every one of those transactions requires trust.—
Kaustubh Phatak,
Forbes.com,
28 May 2026
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Its core capability is a whole-body imitation learning system that enables it to learn tasks by observing human demonstrations and executing them independently with high precision.—
Jijo Malayil,
Interesting Engineering,
28 May 2026
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“Assassinating.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/assassinating. Accessed 5 Jun. 2026.
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