Assassination synonyms

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murder (related)
The killing of another person without justification or excuse, especially the crime of killing a person with malice aforethought or with recklessness manifesting extreme indifference to the value of human life.
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bombing (related)
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shooting
(Countable) An instance of shooting (a person) with a gun.
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slaying
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character assassination
(Idiomatic) a malicious verbal assault designed to damage the reputation of a public figure
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blackwash
(Slang, cricket) a whitewash victory for the West Indies cricket team
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kidnapping (related)
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assassinate (related)
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massacre (related)
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atrocity (related)
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mass-murder (related)
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ira (related)
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Assassination Sentence Examples

  • The assassination of Beton left her the cleverest politician in Scotland.

  • He was in constant fear of assassination and distrusted all around him.

  • I haven.t decided what to do with you yet, and you may end up with an assassination contract on your head.

  • Plots were formed for his assassination.

  • Sagasta kept quiet until nearly the end of the struggle with the colonies, when the queen-regent had to dismiss the Conservative party, much shorn of its prestige by the failure of its efforts to pacify the colonies, and by the assassination of its chief, Canovas delCastillo.

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