exhibition killing

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noun

the murder of a hostage by terrorists, filmed for broadcasting on television or the internet

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Words nearby exhibition killing

exhibition, exhibitioner, exhibition game, exhibitionism, exhibitionist, exhibition killing, exhibitive, exhibitor, exhibitory, exhilarant, exhilarate

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How to use exhibition killing in a sentence

In the first episode, an officer is shown video of himself shooting and killing a man.
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The gunman hardly broke stride as he nonetheless shot Merabet in the head, killing him.
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Ass-kicking, bad guy-killing Carter is just a future spinster.
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And similar shards of enthusiasm-killing kryptonite are lodged in John Kasich, Mike Pence and Ted Cruz.
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But the act of killing herself done, the message was sent, and heard, and things started changing.
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After the first exhibition of her pictures in Berlin, her "God-given talent" was several times mentioned by the art critics.
Women in the fine arts, from the Seventh Century B.C. to the Twentieth Century A.D.|Clara Erskine Clement
There was a pause, during which Blanche went through a little mute exhibition of amazement and pleasure.
Confidence|Henry James
That, and a range war that grew out of the killing, and some kind of a business deal just about broke them.
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In 1883 she served with many distinguished artists on the art jury of the International Exhibition at Amsterdam.
Women in the fine arts, from the Seventh Century B.C. to the Twentieth Century A.D.|Clara Erskine Clement
The Taube has been bothering us again, but wound up its manœuvres very decently by killing some fish for our dinner.
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