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as·sas·si·nate
(ə-săs′ə-nāt′)tr.v. as·sas·si·nat·ed, as·sas·si·nat·ing, as·sas·si·nates
1. To murder (a prominent person) by surprise attack, as for political reasons.
2. To destroy or injure treacherously: assassinate a rival's character.
as·sas′si·na′tion n.
as·sas′si·na′tive adj.
as·sas′si·na′tor n.
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| Noun | 1. | assassination - an attack intended to ruin someone's reputation calumniation, calumny, defamation, hatchet job, traducement, obloquy - a false accusation of an offense or a malicious misrepresentation of someone's words or actions |
| 2. |  assassination - murder of a public figure by surprise attack |
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assassination
noun murder, killing, slaughter, purge, hit (slang), removal, elimination (slang), slaying, homicide, liquidation She would like to investigate the assassination of her husband.
Quotations
"Assassination is the quickest way" [Molière Le Sicilien]
"Assassination is the extreme form of censorship" [George Bernard Shaw The Rejected Statement]
"Assassination is the quickest way" [Molière Le Sicilien]
"Assassination is the extreme form of censorship" [George Bernard Shaw The Rejected Statement]
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إغْتِيال
vražda
snigmord
orgyilkosság
morî
umor
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assassination
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assassinate
(əˈsӕsineit) verb to murder, especially for political reasons. The president was assassinated by terrorists.
asˌsassiˈnation nounasˈsassin noun
a person who assassinates.
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