assassinate
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bump off, croak [slang], dispatch, do in, execute, get, ice [slang], knock off, liquidate, murder, neutralize, off [slang], put away, rub out, slay, snuff, take out, terminate, whack [slang]
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Annie Wilkes, King told me recently, was inspired in part by Mark David Chapman, who assassinated John Lennon hours after getting his autograph. — Michael Schulman, The New Yorker, "Superfans: A Love Story," 9 Sep. 2019 Leavelle shot to fame after he was photographed next to Oswald, the man who assassinated President John F. Kennedy, in November 1963. — Faith Karimi, CNN, "The detective photographed escorting Lee Harvey Oswald after JFK's assassination has died," 30 Aug. 2019 Imagine what would have happened if, God forbid, Barack Obama had been assassinated after becoming the de facto nominee. — Grace Segers, CBS News, "Biden recalls 1968 and asks crowd to imagine if Obama had been assassinated," 24 Aug. 2019 Imagine what would have happened if, God forbid, if Barack Obama had been assassinated after becoming the de facto nominee. — Savannah Behrmann, USA TODAY, "Evoking 1968, Joe Biden asks New Hampshire voters: What if Barack Obama had been assassinated in 2008?," 1 Aug. 2019 He's been a loud voice on gun violence since his father was assassinated as a diplomat in Lebanon in 1984. — Scott Gleeson, USA TODAY, "Team USA coaches Gregg Popovich and Steve Kerr — longtime Trump critics — rip politicians," 7 Aug. 2019 The United States has announced more sanctions against Russia over its use of a nerve agent to try and assassinate former Russian spy Sergei Skripal in Britain in 2018, the State Department said. — NBC News, "U.S. announces more sanctions against Russia over poisoning of ex-spy," 3 Aug. 2019 There were guys in Auschwitz who were assassinating SS officers, stealing radios to broadcast messages, sabotaging facilities, copying and smuggling out records. — Elliot Ackerman, Time, "The Remarkable Story of the Man Who Volunteered to Enter Auschwitz and Try to Tell the World About It," 26 July 2019 Historically, Rasputin was a mystic who gained considerable influence in the court of Tsar Nicholas II, only to be assassinated by a conspiring group of nobles in 1916. — Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica, "Lawrence of Arabia takes on Rasputin in first trailer for The King’s Man," 15 July 2019These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'assassinate.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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