VERB
行刺;暗杀
When someone important is assassinated, they are murdered as a political act.
例句
Would the USA be radically different today if Kennedy had not been assassinated?...
如果肯尼迪没有被暗杀，今天的美国会有根本性的不同吗？
The plot to assassinate Martin Luther King had started long before he was actually killed.
刺杀马丁·路德·金的计划在实施前酝酿已久。