Assassination has never changed the history of the world.
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Assassination
//əˌsæs.ɪˈneɪ.ʃən//
Synonyms for "assassination" (17 found)
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Closest matches (4)
Noun(1 words)
Strong matches (5)
Related words (8)
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2 entriesderived
5 entriesderived from
2 entriesis a
1 entriesrelated to
6 entriesTranslations
70 translations across 45 languages.
Arabic
1 entries- اِغْتِيَال noun (murder)
Armenian
2 entries- մարդասպանություն noun (murder)
- սպանություն noun (murder)
Belarusian
2 entries- забо́йства noun (murder)
- зама́х noun (murder)
Bulgarian
3 entries- атента́т noun (murder)
- полити́ческо уби́йство noun (murder)
- уби́йство noun (murder)
Burmese
1 entries- လုပ်ကြံမှု noun (murder)
Catalan
1 entries- assassinat noun (murder)
Chinese Mandarin
2 entries- 刺殺 /刺杀 noun (murder)
- 暗殺 /暗杀 noun (murder)
Czech
2 entries- atentát noun (murder)
- vražda noun (murder)
Danish
2 entries- attentat noun (murder)
- snigmord noun (murder)
Dutch
2 entries- moord noun (murder)
- sluipmoord noun (murder)
Estonian
1 entries- atentaat noun (murder)
Finnish
1 entries- salamurha noun (murder)
French
1 entries- assassinat noun (murder)
Galician
1 entries- asasinato noun (murder)
Georgian
1 entries- პოლიტიკური მკვლელობა noun (murder)
German
3 entries- Attentat noun (murder)
- Ermordung noun (murder)
- Meuchelmord noun (murder)
Greek
1 entries- δολοφονία noun (murder)
Hebrew
1 entries- רֶצַח m הִתְנַקְּשׁוּת noun (murder)
Hungarian
1 entries- merénylet noun (murder)
Italian
1 entries- assassinio noun (murder)
Japanese
1 entries- 暗殺 noun (murder)
Korean
1 entries- 암살 noun (murder)
Latin
2 entries- assassinātiō noun (murder)
- caedēs per insidiās noun (murder)
Macedonian
2 entries- атента́т noun (murder)
- у́биство noun (murder)
Norman
1 entries- assâsinâtion noun (murder)
Norwegian Bokmål
2 entries- attentat noun (murder)
- snikmord noun (murder)
Norwegian Nynorsk
1 entries- attentat noun (murder)
Occitan
1 entries- assassinat noun (murder)
Odia
1 entries- ଗୁପ୍ତହତ୍ୟା noun (murder)
Old English
1 entries- morþsliht noun (murder)
Persian
3 entries- ترور noun (murder)
- سوء قصد noun (murder)
- قتل noun (murder)
Polish
3 entries- morderstwo noun (murder)
- skrytobójstwo noun (murder)
- zamach noun (murder)
Portuguese
1 entries- assassinato noun (murder)
Romanian
2 entries- asasinare noun (murder)
- asasinat noun (murder)
Russian
2 entries- наёмное уби́йство noun (murder)
- уби́йство noun (murder)
Slovak
2 entries- atentát noun (murder)
- vražda noun (murder)
Slovene
2 entries- atentat noun (murder)
- umor noun (murder)
Spanish
3 entries- asesinato noun (murder)
- magnicidio noun (murder)
- sicariato noun (murder)
Swedish
2 entries- attentat noun (murder)
- lönnmord noun (murder)
Tagalog
1 entries- paglingo noun (murder)
Tajik
1 entries- қатл noun (murder)
Tarifit
1 entries- tamenɣiwt noun (murder)
Thai
1 entries- การลอบสังหาร noun (murder)
Turkish
1 entries- suikast noun (murder)
Ukrainian
2 entries- за́мах noun (murder)
- уби́вство noun (murder)
Sample sentences
13 total sentences available.
Investigators uncovered an assassination plot.
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Older people still remember the Kennedy assassination.
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There were assassination theories but it was not clear who would have killed him and for what reason. Even now the truth about his death is unclear.
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