On this page you'll find 20 example sentences with Assassination. You'll also see the meaning, synonyms such as slaying or murder and how to use the word correctly in a sentence.
Assassination in a sentence
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Assassination meaning
The murder of a person, especially for political reasons or for personal gain.
Synonyms of Assassination
Example sentences (20)
One underworld figure said at the time: "This assassination was one of the best-planned ever to go down in Glasgow.
A man has died and a killer is on the loose after a brazen gangland assassination in broad daylight in Sydney's west.
And that suggests that Abu Jandal had very few sons, too — although it doesn’t take many to attempt an assassination.
One of the gang members was Lao Ge, an infamous assassin, who taught Kyoshi about assassination and spirituality.
President Lyndon B. Johnson signed the FHA into law just a week after the assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
Six people have been detained by police in connection with the assassination after raids in Quito, they added.
Spider-Man eventually becomes Stromm's enemy when the webhead thwarts another assassination attempt on the Green Goblin.
A pipe bomb was thrown at his house, there was an assassination attempt as he dropped his kids off at school.
A fact to note is that he was also assigned by the Warren Commission to investigate the said assassination.
Chamkila and Amarjot were killed along with two members of their band in 1988 in an assassination which remains unresolved.
Part of what makes the World of Assassination trilogy such high quality is how it rewards and encourages twisted ingenuity.
He developed a reputation for being dogged in his pursuit of justice, even after surviving an assassination attempt in 2001.
Instead, Cuban officials bust up the assassination plot and arrest all the people who are involved in it.
Magee brought Sherry up to speed on the imminent bombing campaign and on possible assassination targets.
Clandestine and public opponents of the government have been targets of assassination attempts and exorbitant prison sentences.
Baffled, he soon realizes that he has been transported to the date of Abraham Lincoln's assassination.
In South Africa, Rwanda’s assassination of Patrick Karegeya, a former head of Rwandan external intelligence, is another example.
It added: “The Prime Minister and the BJP leadership remain “mute” as “assassination plot” brews”.
La'an protects Khan from assassination, thereby saving history, but Khan being on Earth in the 21st century changes Star Trek canon.
Moscow branded it an unsuccessful assassination attempt against Putin and promised retaliation for what it termed a "terrorist'' act.
Phrases with assassination
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Common combinations with assassination
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- the assassination 77×
- assassination attempt 68×
- assassination of 39×
- an assassination 35×
- assassination attempts 15×
- attempted assassination 7×
- assassination plot 5×
- assassination and 5×
- two assassination 5×
- of assassination 4×
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