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Definitions for assassination
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Princeton's WordNet
character assassination, assassination, blackwashnoun
an attack intended to ruin someone's reputation
assassinationnoun
murder of a public figure by surprise attack
Wiktionary
assassinationnoun
killing or murder for political reasons
The assassination of the king occurred at night.
Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
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.
Wikipedia
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.
Webster Dictionary
Assassinationnoun
the act of assassinating; a killing by treacherous violence
Freebase
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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The numerical value of assassination in Chaldean Numerology is: 2
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The numerical value of assassination in Pythagorean Numerology is: 7
Examples of assassination in a Sentence
I don't think the funeral will be the last great global event of the television era, but, alas, the great global TV events of the future will probably be disasters : an assassination, a terrorist attack, a deliberate or accidental nuclear event, a huge natural disaster, a pandemic, a coup in a major North American democracy — something everyone will have to watch.
Harris County Sheriff Ron Hickman:
We've heard black lives matter ; all lives matter. Well cops' lives matter too, at any point where the rhetoric ramps up to the point where calculated cold-blooded assassination of police officers happen( s), this rhetoric has gotten out of control.
The Kennedy assassination is viewed as this watershed moment, and so it has that symbolic significance attached to it, which lends itself very well as the backdrop to a comic book, to a science fiction television show, to a feature film, because it does provide that gateway into a distinct moment in time that instantly defines the culture of the era.
Philadelphia Mayor Jim Kenney:
I think candidates for office, particularly for president, should not demonize an entire group of Americans because of the actions of a violent criminal with a deranged view of what the Quran teaches -- and I also think it's particularly irresponsible to try and score political points off the attempted assassination of a Philadelphia police officer.
These are items that relate mostly to the assassination of President Kennedy with a couple of others just relating to his tenure as president of the United States.
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- اغتيالArabic
- тероризъм, политическо убийствоBulgarian
- assassinatCatalan, Valencian
- atentátCzech
- attentatDanish
- Ermordung, AttentatGerman
- δολοφονίαGreek
- asesinato, magnicidioSpanish
- palgamõrv, mõrvamineEstonian
- قتلPersian
- salamurhaFinnish
- assassinatFrench
- התנקשותHebrew
- हत्याHindi
- մարդասպանությունArmenian
- assassinioItalian
- 暗殺Japanese
- პოლიტიკური მკვლელობაGeorgian
- 暗殺, 암살Korean
- moordDutch
- ଗୁପ୍ତହତ୍ୟାOriya
- assassinatoPortuguese
- наёмное убийство, убийствоRussian
- atentatSlovak
- atentatSlovene
- attentatSwedish
- қатлTajik
- การลอบสังหารThai
- suikastTurkish
- ám sát, 暗殺, vụVietnamese
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