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assassination

noun

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as in execution

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Recent Examples of assassination Alvarez Ayala has also been accused of financing and orchestrating the November 2025 assassination of Uruapan Mayor Carlos Manzo, an outspoken critic of organized crime who was shot during Day of the Dead celebrations. — Kaelan Deese, The Washington Examiner, 26 Aug. 2026 In September, Attiah said that she was terminated over social media posts in the aftermath of the assassination of Charlie Kirk. — Ted Johnson, Deadline, 24 Aug. 2026 One of the more elaborate assassination-for-hire schemes unfolded in 2024, when the regime allegedly tried to target an Iranian dissident who was living in Haarlem, in the Netherlands. — Cora Engelbrecht, New Yorker, 24 Aug. 2026 Legal experts have warned that the change may violate a congressional stipulation enacted after Kennedy’s assassination in 1963. — Tessa Solomon, ARTnews.com, 21 Aug. 2026 See All Example Sentences for assassination

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The executions include that of Christa Pike, the first woman set to be put to death in Tennessee in more than 200 years.

— Amanda Lee Myers, USA Today, 2 Sep. 2026
The gap between intention and execution is often a habit gap.

— Jason Bork, Forbes.com, 1 Sep. 2026

Definition of execution

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Poho said the case was about more than compensation, explaining that the effects of the massacre had been felt across the wider Sharpeville community.

— Michelle Gumede, Los Angeles Times, 3 Sep. 2026
Just last month, two key organizers behind what used to be the only large-scale public commemoration of the 1989 Tiananmen Square massacre on Chinese soil were found guilty of inciting subversion.

— Chris Lau, CNN Money, 2 Sep. 2026

Definition of massacre

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They would be housed in a large, rectangular, concrete-block building that had originally been a holding pen and slaughter area for livestock.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 31 Aug. 2026
Many leaders of the slaughter were tried and convicted by a United Nations war crimes tribunal that has now closed down.

— ABC News, ABC News, 28 Aug. 2026

Definition of slaughter

Noun

Jean called on Haitian authorities to take the necessary steps to stop the bloodshed and dismantle the armed groups.

— Jacqueline Charles, Miami Herald, 24 Aug. 2026
What is more likely to happen is a third uprising on the West Bank, followed by massive bloodshed between Palestinians and settlers.

— Trudy Rubin, Twin Cities, 18 Aug. 2026

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