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were assassinated
verb
To murder someone, especially an important person, by a sudden or obscure attack, especially for ideological or political reasons.
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They were assassinated.
Both were assassinated.
Faisal and his family were assassinated.
Both grandmother and father were assassinated.
Several of his prime ministers were assassinated.
Four were assassinated — Lincoln, Garfield, McKinley, and Kennedy.
He excluded the four presidents who were assassinated.
Three people were assassinated by the group in July.
Martin Luther King and Bobby Kennedy were assassinated.
He and Nhu were assassinated shortly after they surrendered.
Higher-ranking officers were assassinated in their homes, as were local politicians and traditional rulers.
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