The 20th century has seen too many assassinated leaders.    From Wordnet, Princeton University. 

His father and mother were assassinated, which is what started this barking war!.    From Wordnik.com.  [Behemoth] Reference

The President can declare American citizens combatants and have them assassinated, which is capital punishment without a trial.    From Wordnik.com.  [Crooks and Liars] Reference

The programme for the service said W/O Xaba, who had fought against racism, had been "assassinated" by a "racist.".    From Wordnik.com.  [ANC Daily News Briefing] Reference

Congress of South African Students, Bushy Mzana, was "assassinated" on Friday night by unidentified assailants, the South African.    From Wordnik.com.  [ANC Daily News Briefing] Reference

Secondly, we "assassinated" three pirates who hadn't hurt anyone?.    From Wordnik.com.  [Original Signal - Transmitting Buzz] Reference

One From the Heart, the movie Coppola feels was "assassinated" before it ever had a chance.    From Wordnik.com.  [GreenCine Daily] Reference

The prefect who is "assassinated" does not die, and the rebellious city is genially bantered into submission.    From Wordnik.com.  [Robert Browning] Reference

Kristen Stewart frequently fights back tears on the red carpet - because she's terrified she will be "assassinated".    From Wordnik.com.  [JAM! Showbiz] Reference

Relatives of the Kill Bill star believe he was "assassinated" because he was trying to expose an underworld martial arts group.    From Wordnik.com.  [Hecklerspray] Reference

He was gunned down but authorities claimed police didn't use firearms and said the nephew was "assassinated" by unknown assailants.    From Wordnik.com.  [CTV News RSS Feed] Reference

He was gunned down but authorities later said police didn't use firearms and said the nephew was "assassinated" by unknown assailants.    From Wordnik.com.  [Newsvine - Get Smarter Here] Reference

"assassinated" the ruling Movement for Multiparty Democracy (MMD).    From Wordnik.com.  [ANC Daily News Briefing] Reference

"assassinated" anyone - and CIA directors had years earlier issued directives prohibiting any CIA involvement with assassination.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Washington Times stories: Latest Headlines] Reference

Last year Uday was gunned down and nearly assassinated.    From Wordnik.com.  [Did Saddam Blink?] Reference

The secretary of defense is assassinated at a prizefight.    From Wordnik.com.  [Early Warning 2] Reference

Or Gandhi, who was assassinated for his efforts to free India?.    From Wordnik.com.  [Letters to the Magazine] Reference

How many legislators or government officials have been assassinated?.    From Wordnik.com.  [Facing Down The Warlords] Reference

He took Gandhi's portrait hardly an hour before he was assassinated.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Man Of The Moment] Reference

President Kennedy was assassinated just five days before her 6th birthday.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Last Child Of Camelot] Reference

Mourning America's SonI was 15 years old when president Kennedy was assassinated.    From Wordnik.com.  [Mail Call] Reference

There have been a number of people who have been assassinated, including journalists.    From Wordnik.com.  [Israel ‘Will Pay a Price’] Reference

One problem is that many opponents of Syrian policy in Lebanon have been assassinated.    From Wordnik.com.  [Israel ‘Will Pay a Price’] Reference

Obviously he parted ways with a fringe element of fanatics who later assassinated him.    From Wordnik.com.  [Interview: 'I Am Frustrated'] Reference

The deputy governor of that province, Akil al Adili, was assassinated there on Oct. 22.    From Wordnik.com.  [Hell to Pay] Reference

On Jan. 10, 1929, with Modotti beside him, Mella was assassinated on the streets of Mexico City.    From Wordnik.com.  [What A Life She Red] Reference

Not only leftist guerrillas, but labor unionists, politicians and other civilian leaders have been assassinated.    From Wordnik.com.  [Taking Aim At The City] Reference

Anarchists assassinated Russia's tsar in 1881, the French president in 1894 and the Spanish prime minister in 1897.    From Wordnik.com.  [Terror on the Streets of New York, Take One] Reference

"These same people assassinated Mohtarma Benazir Bhutto," he said pointedly, using a term of respect for the slain leader.    From Wordnik.com.  [Still in Control] Reference

His ouster capped a "people power" revolution orchestrated by the widow of a powerful Marcos opponent assassinated two years earlier.    From Wordnik.com.  [GLORIA'S LAST STAND?] Reference

One episode of the BBC series, for instance, focuses on Tiberius Gracchus, who was eventually assassinated for his political beliefs.    From Wordnik.com.  [Rome Returns] Reference

I actually remember my great-uncle the Archduke Ferdinand, even though I was only 2 when the Serb nationalist Princip assassinated him.    From Wordnik.com.  [Sarajevo, June 28, 1914] Reference