as in murdered
to put to death deliberately
President Lincoln was assassinated by John Wilkes Booth
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Recent Examples of assassinated
The president assassinated, then Martin Luther King, the Civil Rights [Movement].
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Susan Young, People.com, 16 Mar. 2025
Americans are divided over whether or not there should be public commemorations of Malcolm X, who was assassinated 60 years ago today, according to new polling.
—Brendan Rascius, Miami Herald, 21 Feb. 2025
But McKinley is best remembered as being one of the four presidents that was assassinated, and for having his name attached to a mountain in Alaska.
—David Morgan, CBS News, 20 Feb. 2025
Montmartre – Period drama about a young French cancan dancer trying to find her brother and sister, and the person who assassinated her father.
—Jesse Whittock, Deadline, 19 Feb. 2025
The Kennedy Center was named after the 35th president, assassinated in 1963.
—Jay Nordlinger, National Review, 19 Feb. 2025
He was assassinated in 1968 while running for president.
—Swapna Venugopal Ramaswamy, USA TODAY, 14 Feb. 2025
The Warren Commission, a nearly year-long government probe into the JFK assassination, determined that Kennedy was assassinated by Lee Harvey Oswald, who acted alone.
—Martha McHardy, Newsweek, 12 Feb. 2025
The 20,000-foot mountain, originally named Mount McKinley in 1917 to honor President William McKinley—assassinated in 1901—was renamed Denali in 2015 by Barack Obama.
—Justin Gest, Newsweek, 10 Feb. 2025
Susan Young, People.com, 16 Mar. 2025
Americans are divided over whether or not there should be public commemorations of Malcolm X, who was assassinated 60 years ago today, according to new polling.
—Brendan Rascius, Miami Herald, 21 Feb. 2025
But McKinley is best remembered as being one of the four presidents that was assassinated, and for having his name attached to a mountain in Alaska.
—David Morgan, CBS News, 20 Feb. 2025
Montmartre – Period drama about a young French cancan dancer trying to find her brother and sister, and the person who assassinated her father.
—Jesse Whittock, Deadline, 19 Feb. 2025
The Kennedy Center was named after the 35th president, assassinated in 1963.
—Jay Nordlinger, National Review, 19 Feb. 2025
He was assassinated in 1968 while running for president.
—Swapna Venugopal Ramaswamy, USA TODAY, 14 Feb. 2025
The Warren Commission, a nearly year-long government probe into the JFK assassination, determined that Kennedy was assassinated by Lee Harvey Oswald, who acted alone.
—Martha McHardy, Newsweek, 12 Feb. 2025
The 20,000-foot mountain, originally named Mount McKinley in 1917 to honor President William McKinley—assassinated in 1901—was renamed Denali in 2015 by Barack Obama.
—Justin Gest, Newsweek, 10 Feb. 2025
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