ASSASSINATES Synonyms: 47 Similar and Opposite Words

assassinates

verb

present tense third-person singular of assassinate

as in murders

to put to death deliberately President Lincoln was assassinated by John Wilkes Booth

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Recent Examples of assassinates That assassinates Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, sparking retaliatory attacks by Iran across the Middle East. — Jill Lawrence, Mercury News, 7 Mar. 2026 Soleimani assassination | Trump orders a drone strike in Iraq that assassinates Qasem Soleimani, an influential Iranian military commander. — Erin Mansfield, USA Today, 1 Mar. 2026

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By definition, a serial killer is someone who murders two or more people during separate events, with gaps of time in between.

— Jessica Schladebeck, New York Daily News, 15 Sep. 2026
To get even with Kanan, Juke murders Raq, her surrogate mother.

— Rosy Cordero, Deadline, 7 Aug. 2026

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With career-defining performances from Jodie Foster and Sir Anthony Hopkins, this movie still absolutely slays 35 years after it was released.

— Brian Tallerico, Vulture, 19 Sep. 2026
When his friend Richard (Leo Suter) slays Beatrice’s husband as well, the two come up with a scheme to marry the sisters and take over their property.

— Jourdain Searles, HollywoodReporter, 18 Sep. 2026

Definition of slays

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Chuck Sargent Houston USC executes yet another belly flop against a top opponent, and Gary Patterson’s vaunted defense is giving up more than 35 points per game in the Big Ten.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 3 Oct. 2026
Before an agent executes anything on its own, procurement and finance teams need to draw some clear lines.

— Shaz Khan, Forbes.com, 2 Oct. 2026

Definition of executes

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Moments later, MacKinney storms in, kills one of Colum’s guards, and orders his men to round up the castle’s women and sequester them in the chapel.

— Max Gao, HollywoodReporter, 5 Oct. 2026
Other competitors will likely put up barriers, which kills the fun of having AI at your beck and call.

— The Week US, TheWeek, 5 Oct. 2026

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