Explore Assassinating through 10+ example sentences from English, with an explanation of the meaning. Ideal for language learners, writers and word enthusiasts.
Assassinating meaning
present participle and gerund of assassinate
Using Assassinating
- The main meaning on this page is: present participle and gerund of assassinate
- In the example corpus, assassinating often appears in combinations such as: of assassinating, assassinating him, after assassinating.
Context around Assassinating
- Average sentence length in these examples: 25.3 words
- Position in the sentence: 2 start, 10 middle, 8 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Assassinating
- In this selection, "assassinating" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 25.3 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, successfully, says, iranians, president, two and prime stand out and add context to how "assassinating" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include after successfully assassinating two embassy and authorities of assassinating him. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "assassinating" sits close to words such as aditi, aegon and aerobics, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with assassinating
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Israel undertook a program of assassinating their nuclear scientists. (9 words)
The Sudanese army accused the RSF of “kidnapping and assassinating” the governor. (12 words)
The assassination of Soleimani is akin to the Iranians assassinating an American vice president. (14 words)
Pezeshkian also accused the US administration in his open letter of escalating “hostilities” by assassinating General Qassem Soleimani, the architect of Iran’s regional military activities, who was killed in a US drone strike in neighboring Iraq in 2020. (39 words)
Israel shows no signs of easing its military campaigns against Hezbollah in Lebanon after assassinating several of its leaders, and Hamas in Gaza and it has vowed to punish Iran for its Oct 1 attack. (35 words)
Kanaani stressed that Iran was determined in Trump's prosecution owing to his direct role in the "crime" of assassinating top Iranian commander Qassem Soleimani in Iraq in January 2020, Xinhua news agency reported. (34 words)
Example sentences (20)
A preview showed main character Basim (voiced by Lebanese-born Canadian actor Lee Majdoub) clambering over low rooftops and blending in crowds before assassinating ne'er do wells with trademark wrist-mounted blades.
A story about a girl named Nana Hiiragi tasked with assassinating her classmates, the series was well received.
Coin is motivated to become the President of Panem no matter the cost, so she appoints Katniss with the job of assassinating President Snow.
In the political thriller, audiences follow a young fascist tasked with assassinating his former professor (a party enemy).
It could also attack the NHS, or even interfere with the administering of drugs for a particular patient having an operation – a novel way of assassinating a government minister, if one fell ill.
Prigozhin’s supporters claimed on their messaging app channels that it was shot down by an air defense system, bluntly accusing authorities of assassinating him.
Securing his license to kill after successfully assassinating two Embassy traitors, Bond is placed on the trail of the elusive Le Chiffre (Mads Mikkelsen), a high-stakes terrorist financier.
The Sudanese army accused the RSF of “kidnapping and assassinating” the governor.
During these meetings, Maman was tasked with “assassinating Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, Defense Minister Yoav Gallant, and Shin Bet Director Ronen Bar,” according to the Shin Bet’s statement.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says assassinating Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah became an “essential condition” for Israel to achieve its war goals.
Israel shows no signs of easing its military campaigns against Hezbollah in Lebanon after assassinating several of its leaders, and Hamas in Gaza and it has vowed to punish Iran for its Oct 1 attack.
Kanaani stressed that Iran was determined in Trump's prosecution owing to his direct role in the "crime" of assassinating top Iranian commander Qassem Soleimani in Iraq in January 2020, Xinhua news agency reported.
Nobody so much as suggested that President Obama should be prosecuted for assassinating/murdering US citizens.
On the second visit, it saidofficials asked him to carry out terrorist attacks for Iran and made proposals for assassinating Netanyahu or Gallant or Shin Bet chief Ronen Bar as well as other operations.
Pezeshkian also accused the US administration in his open letter of escalating “hostilities” by assassinating General Qassem Soleimani, the architect of Iran’s regional military activities, who was killed in a US drone strike in neighboring Iraq in 2020.
The first Trump gunman, Thomas Crooks, left behind little indication of a particular animus toward the former president and had evidently researched the possibility of assassinating Mr. Biden, too.
He tried to spin his decision as a US victory, claiming his administration had supposedly made America safer by assassinating Iranian Major General Qassem Suleimani.
Israel undertook a program of assassinating their nuclear scientists.
No one should doubt Suleimani’s encouragement, but to suggest that he was effectively running the Iraqi resistance – another of the reasons produced for assassinating him – was ridiculous.
The assassination of Soleimani is akin to the Iranians assassinating an American vice president.
Common combinations with assassinating
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- of assassinating 11×
- assassinating him 5×
- after assassinating 5×
- and assassinating 4×
- assassinating the 4×
- with assassinating 3×
- for assassinating 3×
- assassinating his 2×
- assassinating prime 2×
- by assassinating 2×