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assassination

noun

Definition of assassination

as in execution

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Recent Examples of assassination This was the rescheduled dinner after April’s event was stopped by an apparent assassination attempt on the president, as a gunman breached security and the sounds of gunfire sent the thousands of attendees at the Washington Hilton to the floor. — Ted Johnson, Deadline, 25 July 2026 The annual event ended abruptly in April when a gunman rushed security in an assassination attempt against the president. — Karissa Waddick, USA Today, 25 July 2026 Another constituent and her family fled to Delaware after a gang war broke out in Haiti following the assassination of President Jovene Moise in 2021. — Jacqueline Charles, Miami Herald, 23 July 2026 Several years later, violent protests culminated in the assassination of Haitian President Jovenel Moïse in 2021. — Sofia Williams, Sacbee.com, 22 July 2026 See All Example Sentences for assassination

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This strategy transforms passive allyship education into active operational execution with accountability layered in.

— Julie Kratz, Forbes.com, 4 Aug. 2026
More than two years after a California mother's desperate 911 call ended with her 4-year-old son witnessing her killing, the father prosecutors said carried out the execution will spend decades behind bars.

— Stepheny Price, FOXNews.com, 4 Aug. 2026

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Mortensen also opened up about how her life was impacted in the aftermath of the massacre.

— Jordana Comiter, PEOPLE, 29 July 2026
Although scarce documentation has left a wide range of estimates, as many as 2 million people are said to have been slaughtered in communal massacres during this exodus.

— Encyclopedia Britannica, Encyclopedia Britannica, 29 July 2026

Definition of massacre

Noun

Or an announcement that wildlife officials are planning a statewide slaughter of black bears.

— Orlando Sentinel Editorial Board, The Orlando Sentinel, 3 Aug. 2026
Reynolds also described unsanitary conditions due to the slaughter area being outdoors with dirt and gravel.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 30 July 2026

Definition of slaughter

Noun

Motoki portrays Murashige as curiously recessive — someone who has laid waste to myriad foes and has now lost his taste for bloodshed.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 30 July 2026
Even in 2026, the category’s identity is anchored in infamous scenes of maiming, torture, and cathartic bloodshed.

— Alison Foreman, IndieWire, 22 July 2026

Definition of bloodshed

Noun

The term was coined in 1981 based on the cases of four elderly women in Wisconsin who, like the man, had severe destruction of their shoulder joints and massive tears to their rotator cuffs.

— Beth Mole, ArsTechnica, 31 July 2026
Its mayor, Andriy Sadovyi, posted a video to X showing widespread destruction in part of the city.

— David Brennan, ABC News, 30 July 2026

Definition of destruction

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