assassination
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5.8
- noun
- /əˌsæsɪˈneɪʃən/
- NSFW
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- Probably this meeting would have happened if not for the assassination of of Malcolm X.
- assassination attempt
- political assassination
- assassination of the president
I mean, take the assassination attempt of President Trump.
- I mean, take the assassination attempt of President Trump.
- And this brings up the unfortunate and near assassination attempt of Donald Trump.
- In fact, you have had multiple assassination attempts on your life.
- Here it was what was the assassination of Archduke Ferdinand.
- What what is your thought on the moral question of assassinations versus war?
- And they, they hid out the assassination team in Pemex's security department.
- The moon landing in the JFK assassination are not in the same category.
- He had been one of the masterminds of the assassination.
- In many cases, this could also essentially be assassination plots.
- I'm about to learn the secret of JFK, of JFK's assassination.
- We deplore corruption, we deplore assassinations, we deplore spies.
Examples
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The sudden assassination of the prominent leader shocked the entire nation.
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Yet the Kingdom was not without its own struggles involving assassinations, revolts and invasions.
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Of course, there is concern of a possible assassination attempt.
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In fact, you have had multiple assassination attempts on your life.
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This is not a rebel assassination attempt.
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Do you advocate the assassination of public officials?
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The real responsibility, the reasons behind the assassination, were still in dispute half a century later.
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The CIA had nothing to do with the assassination of the President.
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The diplomatic relationship between the two countries broke down in 1920 after the assassination of Mexican President Venustiano Carranza.
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Likewise, the Israelis have reportedly been responsible for the assassinations of several Iranian nuclear scientists in recent years.
Academic text (2012)
Synonyms
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8.9
A planned killing by criminals or hired people
Compounds
- Literature
15
7.3
Hurts someone's reputation on purpose by spreading false or harmful stories
How Violent
Surface Forms
Morphology
assassination = assassinate (transparent) = assassin + ation
Formed by the verb 'assassinate' with the noun-forming suffix '-ation', indicating the act or process of assassinating.
Etymology
Assassination comes from assassin, which itself comes from the Arabic word hashshashin, the name for a secret group known for killing important people. Some stories link that name to hashish ('a drug'), which helps you remember them as secret killers, and that's why assassination means a planned, surprise killing of a leader.