assassination
1 Assassination — is the targeted murder of a high profile person. [ [http://wordnet.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=assassin Assassin] (from Wordnet, Princeton University)] An added distinction between assassination and other forms of killing is that the assassin (one …
2 assassination — I noun annihilation, caedes, destruction, dispatching, execution, homicide, killing, liquidation, murder, murder by stealth, slaying, treacherous killing, unlawful homicide associated concepts: aestimatio capitis, conspiracy, murder, political… …
3 Assassination — As*sas si*na tion, n. The act of assassinating; a killing by treacherous violence. [1913 Webster] …
4 assassination — c.1600, noun of action from ASSASSINATE (Cf. assassinate) (q.v.) …
5 assassination — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ attempted ▪ targeted ▪ political ▪ Three local leaders have been killed in political assassinations. ▪ character …
6 assassination */ — UK [əˌsæsɪˈneɪʃ(ə)n] / US noun [countable/uncountable] Word forms assassination : singular assassination plural assassinations the murder of a famous or important person, especially for political reasons an assassination attempt assassination of …
7 assassination — assassinate, assassination 1. The traditional meaning of assassinate ‘to kill an important person for political reasons’ has been extended in recent times to include any person regarded by his or her killers as a political or sectarian target,… …
8 AssassiNation — Infobox Album Name = AssassiNation Type = studio Artist = Krisiun Released = Start date|2006|2|21 Recorded = Genre = Brutal death metal Length = 46:29 Label = Century Media Records Producer = Andy Classen Reviews = * Allmusic Rating|3.5|5… …
9 assassination — n. 1) to carry out an assassination 2) a character; political assassination * * * [əˌsæsɪ neɪʃ(ə)n] political assassination a character to carry out an assassination …
10 assassination — as|sas|sin|a|tion [əˌsæsıˈneıʃən US əˌsæsənˈeı ] n [U and C] the act of murdering an important person assassination of ▪ the assassination of Anwar Sadat ▪ He narrowly escaped an assassination attempt (=when someone tries but fails to kill… …
11 assassination — as|sas|si|na|tion [ ə,sæsı neıʃn ] noun count or uncount * the murder of a famous or important person, especially for political reasons: an assassination attempt assassination of: the assassination of John Lennon => CHARACTER ASSASSINATION …
12 assassination — noun (C, U) the act of assassinating someone: a terrorist group plotting an assassination | assassination attempt (=a situation in which someone tries but fails to assassinate someone) see also: character assassination character (6) …
13 assassination — /asaesaneyshan/ Murder committed, usually, though not necessarily, for hire, without direct provocation or cause of resentment given to the murderer by the person upon whom the crime is committed; though an assassination of a public figure might… …
14 assassination — /asaesaneyshan/ Murder committed, usually, though not necessarily, for hire, without direct provocation or cause of resentment given to the murderer by the person upon whom the crime is committed; though an assassination of a public figure might… …
15 assassination — noun /əˈsæs.ɪnˌeɪ.ʃən/ killing or murder for political reasons The assassination of the king occurred at night. See Also: assassin, royal assassin …
16 assassination — assassinate ► VERB ▪ murder (a political or religious leader). DERIVATIVES assassination noun …
17 assassination — noun 1. an attack intended to ruin someone s reputation • Syn: ↑character assassination, ↑blackwash • Derivationally related forms: ↑assassinate • Hypernyms: ↑defamation, ↑calumny, ↑ …
18 assassination — noun see assassinate …
19 assassination — See assassinate. * * * …
20 Assassination — A conspicuous part of Weimar history was political mur der. Rosa Luxemburg* and Karl Liebknecht,* leaders of the new KPD, were assassinated in Berlin* on 15 January 1919 by Waldemar Pabst s* Gardeka vallerie Schutzendivision (Guard Cavalry… …
