Assassination

/əˌsæs.ɪˈneɪ.ʃən/

Synonyms for "assassination" (26 found)

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Closest matches (6)

Noun(5 words)
assassinatingattempted murderblackwashcharacter assassinationdefamation

Strong matches (7)

Noun(2 words)
extrajudicial killingfailed assassination

Related words (13)

Noun(7 words)
homicidemurderpolitical murdersmear campaignstate killingtargeted killingwhacking
Verb(1 words)

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8 entries
attempted homicidefailed assassinationmedia smearpolitical assassinationpolitical smearsmear campaignstate killingtargeted killing

Collocations

6 entries
assassination attemptassassination plotcharacter assassinationpolitical assassinationstate assassinationtargeted killing

Inflections

1 entries

Derivations

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Sample sentences

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Assassination has never changed the history of the world.

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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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