assassinate

In 1835, an unemployed house painter named Richard Lawrence tried to assassinate President Jackson.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 24, 2026

Ukrainian intelligence agent Vladyslav Reut says he did not kill Anastasiia Berezovska - a woman suspected of trying to assassinate a multimillionaire in Monaco - despite earlier confessing to it.

From BBC ● Jul. 10, 2026

The Church Committee recommended, and Congress subsequently enacted, dozens of sweeping reforms to foreign intelligence collection activities, as well as restraints on future efforts by the U.S. government to assassinate people.

From Salon ● Mar. 13, 2026

A man was sentenced Wednesday to 15 years in prison at a US court for his involvement in a plot to assassinate Masih Alinejad, an Iranian-American journalist highly critical of Tehran.

From Barron's ● Jan. 28, 2026

My father made maps for the men who attempted to assassinate Hitler.

From "Salt to the Sea" by Ruta Sepetys

"Hatred of lawlessness and the sort of meanness that assassinates and quarrels," was the quiet and surprising response.

From The Code of the Mountains by Charles Neville Buck

Taking the poker from Mr. Smith's nerveless grasp, with three vicious thrusts he assassinates the already moribund fire.

From Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 158, 1920-03-31 by Various

I think of you always; Jack also; I have told him so much, he assassinates himself with desire to see you all.

From Fernley House by Etheldred B. (Etheldred Breeze) Barry

It may seem a trifle scratchy fer the moment, but it assassinates the blood-p'ison.

From The Conquest of Canaan by Booth Tarkington

Fear is the dungeon of the mind, and superstition is a dagger with which hypocrisy assassinates the soul.

From The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Vol. 1 (of 12) Dresden Edition?Lectures by Robert Green Ingersoll

Shortly after the conservative activist Charlie Kirk was assassinated, Patel tweeted that the shooter was in custody; it turned out to be a case of mistaken identity.

From Slate ● Sep. 30, 2026

For a time, Trump also had his name placed on the walls of the Kennedy Center, the culture and arts institute named after assassinated president John F Kennedy.

From Barron's ● Sep. 3, 2026

Kennedy, who was born after her father was assassinated, credits not only him but her whole family with inspiring her.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 19, 2026

Over the past year-and-a-half, Muscovites have woken to news that army generals in Moscow have been assassinated, and drones have been targeting the capital.

From BBC ● Jun. 20, 2026

Gosh, I was sick of that date, and it wasn’t just because that is when our sixteenth president was assassinated.

From "Glitch" by Laura Martin

The ANC reflected on the pain caused by Hani's assassination and said the release was a reminder of "the bullet that pierced through our hearts, assassinating a father and comrade".

From BBC ● Dec. 6, 2024

A California review board on Wednesday denied parole to Sirhan Sirhan, the Palestinian refugee serving a life sentence for assassinating U.S. presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy in 1968.

From Reuters ● Mar. 2, 2023

One of the pieces of information revealed was a psychological evaluation of Lee Harvey Oswald, who was arrested for assassinating John F. Kennedy.

From Salon ● Dec. 18, 2022

His clemency was among 18 commutations, 24 pardons and five reprieves announced by the governor on Thursday — the same day Newsom rejected parole for Sirhan Sirhan, the man convicted of assassinating Robert F. Kennedy.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 14, 2022

Their mission was to strike a blow against Austria and the Hapsburg monarchy by assassinating Archduke Franz Ferdinand.

From "The War to End All Wars: World War I" by Russell Freedman