Definitions for Assassination
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Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:4.0 / 1 vote

1. character assassination, assassination, blackwashnoun

   an attack intended to ruin someone's reputation

2. assassinationnoun

   murder of a public figure by surprise attack

WiktionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. assassinationnoun

   killing or murder for political reasons

   The assassination of the king occurred at night.

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Assassinationnoun

   The act of assassinating; murder by violence.

   Etymology: from assassinate.

   If it were done, when ’tis done, then ’twere well
   It were done quickly: if th’ assassination
   Could trammel up the consequence, and catch,
   With its surcease, success. William Shakespeare, Macbeth.

   The duke finish’d his course by a wicked assassination. Edward Hyde.

WikipediaRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Assassination

   Assassination is the murder of a prominent or important person, such as a head of state, head of government, politician, world leader, member of a royal family or CEO. The murder of a celebrity, activist, or artist, though they may not have a direct role in matters of the state, may also sometimes be considered an assassination. An assassination may be prompted by political and military motives, or done for financial gain, to avenge a grievance, from a desire to acquire fame or notoriety, or because of a military, security, insurgent or secret police group's command to carry out the assassination. Acts of assassination have been performed since ancient times. A person who carries out an assassination is called an assassin or hitman.

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1. assassination

   Assassination is the deliberate act of killing a prominent or significant individual, usually for political or ideological reasons. This act is often carried out by a surprise attack, often involving treachery or stealth, and is typically undertaken by a single individual or a small group against a high-ranking or high-profile target.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Assassinationnoun

   the act of assassinating; a killing by treacherous violence

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1. Assassination

   Assassination is the murder of a prominent person or political figure by a surprise attack, usually for payment or political reasons. A person who commits such an act is called an assassin. An assassination may be prompted by religious, ideological, political, or military motives; it may be carried out for the prospect of financial gain, to avenge a grievance, or from the desire to acquire fame or notoriety.

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How to pronounce Assassination?

1. Alex

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   Mark

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   Daniel

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   Libby

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   Karen

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   Neerja

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   Oliver

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of Assassination in Chaldean Numerology is: 2

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of Assassination in Pythagorean Numerology is: 7

Examples of Assassination in a Sentence

1. Matias Gutierrez:

   It was all a plot. How can you have this type of assassination and not have a single dead but the President himself ? If my fellows had done the job, they would have had to enter the residence and kill the guards before killing the President. You would have seen a combat scene.

2. Mark Galeotti:

   Russian intelligence agencies going back to the 19th Century have always been more willing than their western counterparts to carry out assassinations abroad, this culture, along with the geopolitical pressure on Russia and the increasing role the FSB has taken in operations abroad, all play a role in the Kremlin increasingly using assassination as a play in its toolbox.

3. Benjamin Disraeli:

   Assassination has never changed the history of the world.

4. Yossi Melman:

   I stopped believing the reports from the official and semi-official media in Iran regarding the circumstances around the assassination of Mohsen Fakhrizadeh, they are publishing various and even contradictory details : Assassins ? Motorcyclists ? A booby-trapped car ? A machine gun that fires automatically ? It seems to me that Iranian and Israeli intelligence to which this is attributed deals with psychological warfare, disinformation, and the obstruction of evidence.

5. Assistant US Attorney Artie McConnell:

   The complaint makes clear that in the wake of the results of the presidential election, this defendant greatly exceeded what can be considered political hyperbole, he used words like' carnage,'' extermination,'' assassination.' He encouraged people to take' offensive action' in an effort to threaten to kill members of the government including law enforcement agents, even going so far as calling for the bombing of an FBI building and citing the Turner Diaries, which has been the inspiration for numerous acts of terrorism including the 1995 Oklahoma City bombing.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=Assassination
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Assassination
3. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=Assassination
4. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Assassination
5. ^ ChatGPT
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6. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/Assassination
7. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=Assassination