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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

• The government claims that he, along with four others, was part of a terrorist cell that was plotting to assassinate Bolivia's first indigenous President as well as other high .
• His plot to assassinate Hitler on July 20, 1944, while unsuccessful, has come to symbolize German resistance to the Nazis.
• The FBI investigated, decided no one had planned to assassinate anyone, and dropped the matter.

News & Articles

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• Free speech, fairness and the burden of proof
  U.S. District Court Judge Clay Land invoked Emerson's familiar observation about trying to assassinate a king in his dismissal of former employees' claims against Muscogee County Sheriff John Darr.
  June 18, 2013 - Columbus Ledger-Enquirer

Quotes

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• Pat Robertson in Feminist Majority Foundation
  On Monday, Robertson told his audience, "You know, I don't know about this doctrine of assassination, but if [Chavez] thinks we're trying to assassinate him, I think that we really ought to go ahead and do it. It's a whole lot cheaper than starting...
• Kevin Rudd in 940 News
  Someone out there tried to assassinate the political leadership of our friend, partner and neighbour,Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd told a news conference in the capital, Canberra. "They have asked for some help, and we are about to...
• John Negroponte in Forbes
  Musharraf "has been indispensable in the global war on terror, so indispensable that extremists and radicals have tried to assassinate him multiple times," Negroponte said. "The bottom line is, there's no question that we Americans have a...