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• v  murder; especially of socially prominent persons
  Anwar Sadat was assassinated because many people did not like his peace politics with Israel
• v  destroy or damage seriously, as of someone's reputation
  He assassinated his enemy's character
• s  murdered by surprise attack for political reasons
  the 20th century has seen too many assassinated leaders

• This is the kind of thinking that will get someone assassinated in 2009?.
• But in a country mired in tradition and occupied by the Soviet Union, Meena's beliefs were threatening enough to get her assassinated.
• This legendary warrior defied Afghanistan's Soviet invaders, only to be assassinated by al-Qaeda.

• assassinate

News & Articles

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• John Kennedy got pretty much the same treatment from the far right that Obamas getting
  The leaflet above was circulated in the Dallas area a few weeks before John Kennedy was assassinated there 50 years ago. Need I say more?...
  June 18, 2013 - Devils Lake Journal
• Senior Libyan judge assassinated in country's east
  TRIPOLI, Libya (AP) — Libya's official news agency says unidentified militants assassinated a senior Libyan judge in an eastern city known to be a stronghold of Islamic militants.
  June 16, 2013 - Associated Press via Yahoo! News
• Hedge Fund Manager Browder: If I Get Assassinated...
  Bill Browder, chief executive and founder of Hermitage Capital Markets, told CNBC the Russian government is "apoplectic" over sanctions imposed on Russian officials that he has campaigned for, and if he gets assassinated, "everyone would know who did it."
  June 14, 2013 - CNBC

Quotes

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• Gordon Brown in Reuters UK
  Knowing as she did the threats to her life ...... she risked everything in her attempt to win democracy in Pakistan and she has been assassinated by cowards afraid of democracy,Brown said in a televised statement.
• Hillary Rodham Clinton in ABC News
  My husband did not wrap up the nomination in 1992 until he won the California primary somewhere in the middle of June, right? We all remember Bobby Kennedy was assassinated in June in California. I don't understand it,Clinton said.
• President Bush in USA Today
  As we saw on September the 11th, 2001, dangers that arise on the other side of the world can bring death and destruction to our own streets,Bush said in his weekly radio address. "Since then, extremists have assassinated democratic leaders...