assassinations

Definition of assassinationsnext
plural of assassination

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Noun
  • Florida carried out 19 executions in 2025, a modern-era record.
    Jim Turner, Sun Sentinel, 31 Mar. 2026
  • The bill says executions should be carried out within 90 days of sentencing.
    Julia Frankel, Los Angeles Times, 30 Mar. 2026
Noun
  • At the Church of Saint Andrew in Bucha, after viewing dozens of graphic photographs and a video display of the massacres with his EU counterparts, Polish Foreign Minister Radek Sikorski was grim.
    Lorne Cook, Los Angeles Times, 31 Mar. 2026
  • Gran Grif also was blamed for an attack in the central town of Pont-Sondé in October 2024, where more than 70 people were killed in one of the biggest massacres in Haiti’s recent history.
    ABC News, ABC News, 30 Mar. 2026
Noun
  • 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
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“Assassinations.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/assassinations. Accessed 1 Apr. 2026.

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