assassination
The murder of a person, especially for political reasons or for personal gainThe murder of a person, especially for political reasons or for personal gain.
» It was an assassination attempt.
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1 senses(countable, uncountable)The murder of a person, especially for political reasons or for personal gain.
The assassination of the king occurred at night.
Ermordung, Attentat, Meuchelmord
уби́йствоubíjstvo, наёмное уби́йствоnajómnoje ubíjstvo
уби́вствоubývstvo, за́махzámax
- murder of a public figure by surprise attack
- an attack intended to ruin someone's reputation
Examples
27 sentencesIt was an assassination attempt.
It is an attempt at assassination.
ruЭто покушение на политическое убийство. — marafon
Jugurtha directed the assassination of his cousin.
Was this an accident or an assassination?
Tom faked an assassination attempt against himself.
Translations
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Forms
plural: assassinations| Singular | assassination |
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Synonyms
2 synonyms- an attack intended to ruin someone's reputation:character assassinationblackwash
Word family
7 related wordsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable
See also
neighbours in the dictionaryDictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.