- past participle of assassinate.
- past tense form of assassinate.
assassinated
Americanadjective
Example Sentences
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Seyffardt was a Dutch general who commanded a Waffen-SS unit of volunteers on the eastern front before he was assassinated by resistance fighters in 1943.
From BBC • May 11, 2026
One poignant example: Mary and her husband were holding hands in their box at Ford’s Theatre when Lincoln was assassinated in 1865.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 11, 2026
Sarina Hosseiny said she had never heard of Qassem Soleimani, an Iranian general assassinated by the U.S. in 2020.
From Los Angeles Times • May 1, 2026
The 79-year-old installed himself as chairman of a hand-picked board to lead the center, originally named after president John F. Kennedy, who was assassinated in 1963.
From Barron's • Mar. 13, 2026
The spirit of her husband, the assassinated president, appears with his hands resting on her shoulders.
From "American Spirits" by Barb Rosenstock
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