Synonyms of assassinating

assassinating

verb

present participle of assassinate

as in murdering

to put to death deliberately

President Lincoln was assassinated by John Wilkes Booth

Synonyms & Similar Words

• murdering
• slaying
• executing
• killing
• dispatching
• neutralizing
• destroying
• slaughtering
• getting
• liquidating
• whacking
• shooting
• terminating
• snuffing
• offing
• taking out
• croaking
• putting away
• doing away with
• doing in
• icing
• knocking off
• bumping off
• rubbing out
• claiming
• eliminating
• massacring
• eradicating
• butchering
• cutting down
• smiting
• exterminating
• zapping
• blowing away
• shooting down
• annihilating
• carrying off
• felling
• blotting out
• mowing (down)
• wiping out

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• restoring
• raising
• reviving
• animating
• resurrecting
• resuscitating

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of assassinating

Attorneys at a key hearing for the man accused of assassinating Charlie Kirk sparred over whether a police interview should be made public, with Kirk’s family attorney saying that sealing it will only sow distrust in the justice system. — Amanda Lee Myers, USA Today, 9 July 2026

The 23-year-old man accused of assassinating Charlie Kirk during an event at Utah Valley University will be in court this week for the most substantial hearing so far in his murder case. — ABC News, 5 July 2026

Since the start of the war in 2022, Ukrainian military intelligence ‌has claimed responsibility ​for assassinating several senior Russian ‌officers, some of whom have ​appeared on a public list of Ukraine’s enemies. — Reuters, NBC news, 10 June 2026

Yes, assassinating their leaders might have played into that. — 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

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