as in to murder
to put to death deliberately
President Lincoln was assassinated by John Wilkes Booth
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Recent Examples of assassinate
Throughout the war in Gaza, Israel has sought to eliminate Hamas’s hierarchy, methodically assassinating the group’s top officials.
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Ephrat Livni, New York Times, 14 May 2025
Sniper stars Berenger and Zane as two sharpshooters on a mission to assassinate a politician/rebel leader in the jungles of Panama.
—Christopher Rudolph, People.com, 10 May 2025
This time, his assignment takes him to Serbia, as he is tasked with assassinating the merciless General Mile Valstoria (Peter Linka).
—Christopher Rudolph, People.com, 10 May 2025
The group is suspected of assassinating the majority of the more than 133 indigenous social leaders killed in northern Cauca between 2016 and 2024.
—Elizabeth Dickinson, Foreign Affairs, 8 May 2025
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Ephrat Livni, New York Times, 14 May 2025
Sniper stars Berenger and Zane as two sharpshooters on a mission to assassinate a politician/rebel leader in the jungles of Panama.
—Christopher Rudolph, People.com, 10 May 2025
This time, his assignment takes him to Serbia, as he is tasked with assassinating the merciless General Mile Valstoria (Peter Linka).
—Christopher Rudolph, People.com, 10 May 2025
The group is suspected of assassinating the majority of the more than 133 indigenous social leaders killed in northern Cauca between 2016 and 2024.
—Elizabeth Dickinson, Foreign Affairs, 8 May 2025
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More people are murdered in South Africa annually, with its population of just over 60 million, than across the entire Western world, with its population of almost a billion people.—
Paul Tilsley,
FOXNews.com,
26 May 2025
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Trump contends that white South African farmers are being murdered in a racially motivated genocide, and that the South African government has permitted itself to seize their land.—
Clarence Page,
Chicago Tribune,
26 May 2025
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Israeli President Isaac Herzog said early Thursday morning that the country remains united with the families of slain embassy staffers in Washington.—
Ashleigh Fields,
The Hill,
22 May 2025
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Russo, a 24-year FDNY veteran, had been expecting to retire in a few months when she was slain.—
Thomas Tracy,
New York Daily News,
20 May 2025
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The bride clarified that each idea only took about a minute to execute if not less time.—
Zoey Lyttle,
People.com,
27 May 2025
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The Syrian government even returned the belongings of the Israeli spy Eli Cohen, who was executed in Damascus in 1965 after his espionage was discovered, in a goodwill gesture.—
Natasha Hall,
Foreign Affairs,
27 May 2025
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The forecast comes after several devastating hurricanes battered the U.S. last year, including Helene, which killed 241 people across five states in September.—
Anthony Robledo,
USA Today,
25 May 2025
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It has been killed by the near impossibility of buying a home in the current market and the economic challenges that force them to scramble to keep up with the cost of living and delay their plans to form their own families.—
Giulia Carbonaro,
MSNBC Newsweek,
24 May 2025
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