Definitions
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- verb Simple past tense and past participle of
assassinate .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective murdered by surprise attack for political reasons
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Examples
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Several score well-known and not so well-known microbiologists and other weapons-connected scientists have been assassinated from the 1980†™ s to the present, undoubtedly because they knew too much or they were politically opposed to the government and had a history of speaking out.
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On the other hand, several score well-known and not so well-known microbiologists and other weapons-connected scientists have been assassinated from the 1980†™ s to the present, undoubtedly because they knew too much or because they were politically opposed to the government and had a history of speaking out.
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Several score well-known and not so well-known microbiologists and other weapons-connected scientists have been assassinated from the 1980†™ s to the present, undoubtedly because they knew too much or they were politically opposed to the government and had a history of speaking out.
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Several score well-known and not so well-known microbiologists and other weapons-connected scientists have been assassinated from the 1980†™ s to the present, undoubtedly because they knew too much or they were politically opposed to the government and had a history of speaking out.
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Honestly, im one of the 'they' that has been worried bout him gettin assassinated. .i guess God that put Him up there will def protect him.
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His father and mother were assassinated, which is what started this barking war!
Behemoth Mr. Scott Westerfeld 2010
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Besides the fact that the IFP list of its so-called assassinated leaders contains some fictitious names, Mdlalose has the temerity to be concerned only about the so-called IFP leaders.
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Besides the fact that the IFP list of its so-called assassinated leaders contains some fictitious names, Mdlalose has the temerity to be concerned only about the so-called IFP leaders.
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In those days, more than 30 comrades of our had been assassinated, that is to say, out of those who landed; and then came the killing of December, during that tragic night in the zone of Holguin, when they killed, I think, 20; and so 26 citizens had been killed and "it pleased the periodical to congratulate the president and express its hope for harmonious coexistence."
TELEVISION INTERVIEW 1960
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The President can declare American citizens combatants and have them assassinated, which is capital punishment without a trial.
Crooks and Liars 2010
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