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Recent Examples of Synonyms for assassinations
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Inmates executed by nitrogen gas have displayed various levels of shaking during the executions, and lawyers for the state and inmates have disagreed on whether those are involuntary or a sign of suffering.—
Kim Chandler,
Los Angeles Times,
29 May 2026 -
Defense attorneys call for moratorium on Tennessee executions Defense attorneys in Tennessee are calling on the state to stop executing inmates until an ongoing lawsuit over its lethal injection protocol is resolved.—
Amanda Lee Myers,
USA Today,
28 May 2026
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Regions like Tigray, Amhara, and Oromia remain ravaged by active warfare, massacres, and mass displacement.—
Nimi Princewill,
CNN Money,
31 May 2026
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The government began forming paramilitary groups that were responsible for countless massacres.—
Roberto Andrés,
The Dial,
28 May 2026
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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 6 Jun. 2026.
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