assassination (redirected from Assassination attempt)

as·sas·si·nate  (-ss-nt)

tr.v. as·sas·si·nat·ed, as·sas·si·nat·ing, as·sas·si·nates

1. To murder (a prominent person) by surprise attack, as for political reasons.

2. To destroy or injure treacherously: assassinate a rival's character.

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as·sassi·nation n.

as·sassi·native adj.

as·sassi·nator n.

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	assassination - an attack intended to ruin someone's reputation blackwash, character assassination calumniation, calumny, defamation, hatchet job, traducement, obloquy - a false accusation of an offense or a malicious misrepresentation of someone's words or actions
	2.	assassination - murder of a public figure by surprise attack murder, slaying, execution - unlawful premeditated killing of a human being by a human being

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assassination

noun murder, killing, slaughter, purge, hit (slang), removal, elimination (slang), slaying, homicide, liquidation She would like to investigate the assassination of her husband.

Quotations
"Assassination is the quickest way" [Molière Le Sicilien]
"Assassination is the extreme form of censorship" [George Bernard Shaw The Rejected Statement]

Translations

assassination [əˌsæsɪˈneɪʃən] N → asesinato m

assassination [əˌsæsɪˈneɪʃ^ən] n → assassinat m

assassination

n → (geglücktes) Attentat, (geglückter) Mordanschlag (→ of auf +acc); assassination attempt → Attentat nt; to plan an assassination → ein Attentat planen; before/after the assassination → vor dem Attentat/nach dem (geglückten) Attentat

assassination [əˌsæsɪˈneɪʃ/ən] n → assassinio