as in murdered
to put to death deliberately
President Lincoln was assassinated by John Wilkes Booth
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Several pro-war Russian figures have been assassinated since the start of the war in operations Moscow blamed on Ukraine, including journalist Darya Dugina, war blogger Vladlen Tatarsky and former submarine commander Stanislav Rzhitsky.
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Artem Grudinin, NBC News, 13 Nov. 2024
Then-Prime Minister Shinzo Abe was assassinated in 2022 while making a speech for a ruling party candidate during a parliamentary election.
—Yuri Kageyama, Los Angeles Times, 19 Oct. 2024
The Iranian strikes came after Israel assassinated Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah in an airstrike in Lebanon.
—Taylor Wilson, USA TODAY, 18 Oct. 2024
Israel assassinated Hamas’s political leader, Ismail Haniyeh, in Tehran in July and Hezbollah’s leader, Hassan Nasrallah, in Beirut in September.
—Carol E. B. Choksy, Foreign Affairs, 14 Oct. 2024
When her secret lover Jason (Andrew Koji) is assassinated, her spymaster, the enigmatic Reed (Lancashire), calls in Helen’s old friend Sam (Whishaw) to keep her safe.
—Max Goldbart, Deadline, 14 Oct. 2024
Garfield was President in 1881 and was assassinated later that year, having previously served nine terms as a Congressman.
—Katie Campione, Deadline, 11 Oct. 2024
After the Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh was killed in Tehran, and especially when Nasrallah was assassinated in Beirut, many radicals concluded that the IRGC’s oligarchy had been infiltrated by Israeli intelligence.
—Saeid Golkar, Foreign Affairs, 11 Oct. 2024
Most of the people who took leadership roles in those conflicts were assassinated or run out by the local population.
—Isaac Chotiner, The New Yorker, 3 Oct. 2024
Artem Grudinin, NBC News, 13 Nov. 2024
Then-Prime Minister Shinzo Abe was assassinated in 2022 while making a speech for a ruling party candidate during a parliamentary election.
—Yuri Kageyama, Los Angeles Times, 19 Oct. 2024
The Iranian strikes came after Israel assassinated Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah in an airstrike in Lebanon.
—Taylor Wilson, USA TODAY, 18 Oct. 2024
Israel assassinated Hamas’s political leader, Ismail Haniyeh, in Tehran in July and Hezbollah’s leader, Hassan Nasrallah, in Beirut in September.
—Carol E. B. Choksy, Foreign Affairs, 14 Oct. 2024
When her secret lover Jason (Andrew Koji) is assassinated, her spymaster, the enigmatic Reed (Lancashire), calls in Helen’s old friend Sam (Whishaw) to keep her safe.
—Max Goldbart, Deadline, 14 Oct. 2024
Garfield was President in 1881 and was assassinated later that year, having previously served nine terms as a Congressman.
—Katie Campione, Deadline, 11 Oct. 2024
After the Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh was killed in Tehran, and especially when Nasrallah was assassinated in Beirut, many radicals concluded that the IRGC’s oligarchy had been infiltrated by Israeli intelligence.
—Saeid Golkar, Foreign Affairs, 11 Oct. 2024
Most of the people who took leadership roles in those conflicts were assassinated or run out by the local population.
—Isaac Chotiner, The New Yorker, 3 Oct. 2024
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