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assassination
[ uh-sas-uh-ney-shuhn ]
noun
- the premeditated act of killing someone suddenly or secretively, especially a prominent person:
The meticulous way in which the journalist's assassination was carried out has led to suspicions that his killers were professionals working for state security.
- the act of destroying or harming treacherously and viciously:
They went after me with everything they had, engaging in character assassination and in destroying my reputation鈥攁 complete fabrication and frame-up.
Other 亚洲网紅露点 Forms
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亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins
Origin of assassination1
Example Sentences
A Kenyan member of parliament has been shot dead in the streets of the capital Nairobi by gunmen on a motorcycle in a suspected assassination.
Then Trump released the classified files from President John F. Kennedy's assassination, hoping to distract them, but no cigar.
Friday's car explosion is not the first time Russian military figures have been attacked since the start of the war but targeted assassinations in Moscow are rare.
He joins a long list of South Korean presidents whose political careers have been marred by scandal, from jail to assassination to suicide.
Specialist detectives trawled through thousands of anonymous Encrochat messages which detailed drug deals, firearms sales, and assassination attempts, the NCA said.
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