Advertisement

View definitions for assassination

assassination

noun as in bump-off

noun as in homicide

noun as in killing

noun as in massacre

noun as in pogrom

Discover More

Example Sentences

What to make, then, of a movie that puts Bonhoeffer in the room with assassination plotters or asking British clergy to smuggle in explosives?

It's a character assassination worthy of Regina George’s greatest hit.

From Salon

McCoy, citing Trump’s ability to weather indictments, setbacks and assassination attempts, called his election a “miracle.”

Canada’s former justice minister has confirmed to the BBC he was the target of a recent Iranian assassination attempt that was foiled.

From BBC

“Weaving” through an imagined assassination scenario, Trump explained that political violence sometimes has an unexpected upside: “To get me, somebody would have to shoot through the fake news, and I don’t mind that so much.”

From Salon

Advertisement

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

Advertisement

Advertisement

Advertisement