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assassination
[ uh-sas-uh-ney-shuhn ]
noun
- the premeditated act of killing someone suddenly or secretively, especially a prominent person:
The meticulous way in which the journalist's assassination was carried out has led to suspicions that his killers were professionals working for state security.
- the act of destroying or harming treacherously and viciously:
They went after me with everything they had, engaging in character assassination and in destroying my reputation—a complete fabrication and frame-up.
Other Word Forms
- dzܲ·ٱ····Բ·پDz noun
Word History and Origins
Origin of assassination1
Example Sentences
Friday's car explosion is not the first time Russian military figures have been attacked since the start of the war but targeted assassinations in Moscow are rare.
He joins a long list of South Korean presidents whose political careers have been marred by scandal, from jail to assassination to suicide.
Specialist detectives trawled through thousands of anonymous Encrochat messages which detailed drug deals, firearms sales, and assassination attempts, the NCA said.
The supreme leader's distrust stems from Trump's withdrawal from the nuclear deal, the "maximum pressure" campaign that followed, and the assassination of General Qassem Soleimani in a US strike in Iraq in 2020.
Just ahead of the 50th anniversary of the assassination of Sen. Robert F.
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