premeditated
done deliberately; planned in advance: a premeditated murder.
Origin of premeditated
1synonym study For premeditated
Other words from premeditated
- pre·med·i·tat·ed·ly, adverb
- un·pre·med·i·tat·ed, adjective
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How to use premeditated in a sentence
In the process, they have galvanized most of the country into acknowledging that the worst attack on the Capitol in over a century was not a spontaneous protest that spun out of control, but a premeditated attempted coup.
How Bennie Thompson and Liz Cheney Turned the Jan. 6 Hearings Into Must-See TV | Eric Cortellessa | July 20, 2022 | TimeWith dramatic testimony, smartly edited video, and the release of new documents, lawmakers started to cast the mob riot as less of an organic event that spiraled out of control than a premeditated assault on democracy itself.
The Back Booth: Even the Republicans Skipping the Jan. 6 Hearings Are Invested in the Outcome | Philip Elliott | June 11, 2022 | TImeNor was the premeditated massacre of 38 people asphyxiated in the back of a police van.
The Criminal Folly of the Egyptian Armed Forces | Bernard-Henri Lévy | August 20, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTObama wanted to assume the moral responsibility for what were in effect premeditated government executions.
But there is also little doubt that the Obama campaign has proven far more premeditated and adept when it comes to its media buys.
“We do not have information at present that leads us to conclude that this was premeditated or preplanned,” Rice said.
After Consulate Attack, Libya Struggles to Get Its Story Straight | Jamie Dettmer | September 17, 2012 | THE DAILY BEASTWas the attack a premeditated act targeting the ambassador and carefully timed to coincide with the 11th anniversary of 9/11?
Libya Attack Mystery: Premeditated by Al Qaeda or Spontaneous? | Jamie Dettmer | September 14, 2012 | THE DAILY BEASTApparently it had not been premeditated, for the parties were fighting with sticks and stones, as well as swords and fire-arms.
Journal of a Voyage to Brazil | Maria GrahamThe hope of gaining the crown was not the result of a premeditated plan in the minds of the restless Guises.
Catherine de' Medici | Honore de BalzacIndeed, in the succeeding quiet and the mildness of his voice, there was almost a premeditated cunning.
The Woman Gives | Owen JohnsonMurdered under official sanction, in accordance with premeditated design.
The Boys of '61 | Charles Carleton Coffin.He had premeditated the shipwreck; the proofs were the preparations discovered in the haunted house.
Toilers of the Sea | Victor Hugo
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