assassinations

noun

plural of assassination
as in executions

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  1. executions
  2. massacres
  3. slaughters
Noun
  • Months later, a report found the state hadn't complied with its own lethal injection process since its revision in 2018, resulting in executions being conducted without proper testing of the drugs.
    — Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 3 Oct. 2026
  • Lee similarly paused executions in 2022 for a review, and earlier this year the state failed to carry out a lethal injection on a death row inmate after struggling to find a vein.
    — Eric Levenson, CNN Money, 2 Oct. 2026
Definition of executions
Noun
  • Two of the massacres happened in the space of a few hours late Saturday night and in the predawn hours of Sunday.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 27 Sep. 2026
  • The wars, weddings, births, massacres, famines, our triumphs, our defeats, our past.
    — Rafael Motamayor, Vulture, 15 Sep. 2026
Definition of massacres
Noun
  • By the eighth century, Charlemagne was organizing mass slaughters of the animal while the Church, wary of its earlier status as living god, denounced the bear as lewd, noting its disturbing resemblance to humans.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 30 July 2026
  • Hands-down one of the most disgusting movies ever made (a compliment), the film finds the indefatigable slasher, who was decapitated at the end of Terrifier 2, reattaching his head and commencing his ritual slaughters.
    — Declan Gallagher, Entertainment Weekly, 31 Oct. 2025
Definition of slaughters
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