Example sentences for: assassinate

How can you use “assassinate” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

  • Eager to assassinate Saddam Hussein--and supported by presidential orders--the CIA hijacked the intelligence operation designed by the U.N.

  • During this same period, KSM and Yousef also developed plans to assassinate President Clinton during his November 1994 trip to Manila, and to bomb U.S.-bound cargo carriers by smuggling jackets containing nitrocellulose on board.

  • In the 1960s, Karenga feuded openly with other black leaders, and some of his followers were convicted in a plot to assassinate members of the Black Panthers.

  • Recent ill-timed blunders (including the failed attempt to assassinate a Hamas leader) have derailed the peace process.

  • The Asian Age of India led Monday with a report that a "fascist clique" is responsible for a plot to assassinate Sonia Gandhi, the Italian-born widow of former Indian Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi, who was himself assassinated.


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