assassinate

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

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 24, 2026

The ceremonies have been carefully choreographed and Mojtaba Khamenei's absence from the proceedings comes on a backdrop of fears that Israel may want to assassinate him as well.

From BBC ● Jul. 5, 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

Among those released so far are Spanish-Venezuelan rights activist Rocio San Miguel, arrested in 2024 over her purported role in an alleged plot to assassinate Maduro.

From Barron's ● Jan. 17, 2026

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

From "Salt to the Sea" by Ruta Sepetys

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

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

From The Conquest of Canaan by Booth Tarkington

With his pen, as Cellini with his dagger, he assassinates; his cynicism serves him for a coat of armour.

From Renaissance in Italy Volume 3 The Fine Arts by John Addington Symonds

"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

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

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

Marx was largely unknown outside of Colorado’s evangelical community before Charlie Kirk was assassinated last September.

From Slate ● Jun. 29, 2026

The ritual is a tribute to his country’s founding prime minister, Patrice Lumumba, who was assassinated in a Belgian-led plot in 1961.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 15, 2026

This family member, who wished to remain anonymous, told Brand he saw the painting hanging in the hallway of the granddaughter of Seyffardt, who was assassinated by Dutch resistance fighters in 1943.

From Barron's ● May 11, 2026

It occurs to him that no American president has ever been assassinated.

From "Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever" by Bill O'Reilly

The man accused of assassinating former Japanese prime minister Shinzo Abe has apologised to the ex-leader's family for the first time.

From BBC ● Dec. 4, 2025

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

Sirhan, the man convicted of assassinating Robert F. Kennedy more than 50 years ago, has been recommended for release by a California parole board.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 13, 2021

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