assassinate


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Synonyms for assassinate

Collins Thesaurus of the English Language – Complete and Unabridged 2nd Edition. 2002 © HarperCollins Publishers 1995, 2002

Words related to assassinate

murder

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destroy or damage seriously, as of someone's reputation

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A statement released Thursday by Ansar Allah alleged that Zeidan attempted to assassinate Sleiman and had sworn on the Quran that a spy network tasked him with planting explosives to carry out the operation.
"The defendants planned to assassinate policemen," stated court documents.
Mohammad Mansour told Voice of Palestine radio that claims by Hamas official Salah Bardawil that his movement shared everything it had regarding the attempt to assassinate Hamdallah and intelligence chief Majed Faraj upon entering Gaza on March 13 were baseless.
The Print of India had reported that the IS had planned to assassinate the President during his visit to India.
AFP reports North Korea on Friday accused the CIA of plotting with South Korea to assassinate the isolated country's leader Kim Jong-Un, amid soaring tensions in the flashpoint region.
However, not all the tweets that have used the phrase "assassinate Trump" or "kill Trump" will be investigated or prosecuted.
Christopher Stevenson, 26, posted "Think I might assassinate Alex Salmond" while watching a TV programme about him.
"Suicide bombers are being trained and assigned to assassinate" the former president, Ehsan said.
More than 50 countries co-sponsored the resolution - which specifically calls on Iran to co-operate with an investigation into an alleged attempt to assassinate Saudi Ambassador to the US Adel Al Jubeir.
Responding to a retired US Army officer who last month suggested the United States should assassinate Iranian officials, the Islamic Republic has now filed a formal diplomatic complaint with Washington and is portraying the off-hand remark as a statement of official American policy.
Liberia: Liberian police Wednesday denied there was ever any attempt to assassinate presidential hopeful Winston Tubman at a rally on the eve of the run-off vote.
Summary: Iranian Intelligence Minister Gholam Hossein Mohseni Ejeie stated on Friday that Israel had planned to assassinate president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad around the time of last month's presidential election.
Summary: Iranian Intelligence Minister Gholam Hossein Mohseni Ejeie said on Friday that Israel had planned to assassinate Mahmoud Ahmadinejad around the time of last month's presidential election.