assassin
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- noun
- /əˈsæsɪn/
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- Historians often discuss the notorious assassin who changed the course of a nation's history.
- a hired assassin
- assassin's bullet
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Watch on YouTubeBut the assassins all have one thing in common.
- But the assassins all have one thing in common.
- I know Warren Commission people, pro lone assassin who say it's absurd.
- It's like they're like like like an assassin, like a killer.
- Billy was an assassin for people that don't know, Billy would.
- How many of you believe that Lee Harvey Oswald was the lone assassin of John F Kennedy?
- A band of thieves, assassins, bandits, and a few plum trees.
- I told you the story about him playing the, the Asian assassin, rock star tennis player.
- You need like four or five really strong, like assassins in their position to do what they do.
- No, a little better, but sort of like a robot assassin bear.
Examples
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The Bourne Identity: An assassin is being hunted but has no memory of his past.
Academic text (2011) -
The most dangerous assassin in the world?
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This guy is an assassin.
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But the assassins all have one thing in common.
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And yet an assassin managed to infiltrate this group.
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Stevens, not born under that name, was a former professional assassin who now called himself Robert Ames.
Fiction book (1991) -
How many of you believe that Lee Harvey Oswald was the lone assassin of John F Kennedy?
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The government hired an assassin to eliminate the dangerous political rival.
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In the thriller novel, the main character is an assassin with a troubled past and a heavy conscience.
Synonyms
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A person or animal that makes another living thing die on purpose
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A person who illegally kills another person on purpose
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A person who is paid to kill someone, often with a gun
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A person paid to kill someone
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A person who uses a gun to kill people for money or on orders
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A person paid to kill someone
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A person who kills others for political or criminal reasons
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A person who secretly kills an important person, often for money
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A person hired to kill someone in a sudden attack
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A person who kills someone on purpose
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A woman who is paid to kill someone, often using a gun
Antonyms
Compounds
- Specialized
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A long-legged bug that eats other insects and sometimes sucks blood from mammals
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Etymology
Assassin comes from the Arabic word hashshashin, and one popular story says this meant 'hashish users' because a secret group long ago were said to use hashish before doing sudden, hidden killings. So today assassin means a person who kills someone, often secretly or for political reasons.