Assassination - definition, pronunciation, transcription
noun
- murder of a public figure by surprise attack
Extra examples
They discovered a secret plot to assassinate the governor.
President John F. Kennedy was assassinated in 1963.
We must break 50 years of silence on issues like the government's involvement in assassination and espionage.
One of the principals in the assassination plot has been arrested.
...once famed as an actor, John Wilkes Booth is now remembered for a single exploit, his assassination of Lincoln...
The prime minister was the target of an assassination plot.
The movie failed to satisfy her curiosity about the assassination.
...he offered full disclosure of the government files on the assassination...
The bombing was in revenge for the assassination of their leader.
The country faces international censure for its alleged involvement in the assassination.
...the assassination of Martin Luther King was one of the most convulsive events of the 1960s...
...the truth of the presidential assassination is enveloped in a dense fog of myths and conspiracy theories...
...a scathing rebuttal of the latest theory concerning the assassination...
The whole country is in uproar over the recent assassination attempt.
The campaign was accused of character assassination (=an unfair attack on someone's character) because of its negative ads.
Word forms
singular: assassination
plural: assassinations
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