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ASSASSINATION
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Murder of a public figure by surprise attack
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("assassination" is a kind of...):
execution; murder; slaying (unlawful premeditated killing of a human being by a human being)
Derivation:
assassinate (murder; especially of socially prominent persons)
Sense 2
Meaning:
An attack intended to ruin someone's reputation
Synonyms:
assassination; blackwash; character assassination
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Hypernyms ("assassination" is a kind of...):
calumniation; calumny; defamation; hatchet job; obloquy; traducement (a false accusation of an offense or a malicious misrepresentation of someone's words or actions)
Derivation:
assassinate (destroy or damage seriously, as of someone's reputation)
