assassination
/əˌsæs.ɪˈneɪ.ʃən/
assassination noun: the murder of a person, especially for political reasons or for personal gain.
Noun
assassination (countable and uncountable, plural assassinations)
- The murder of a person, especially for political reasons or for personal gain.
- The assassination of the king occurred at night.
- But side by side with it was a baser conspiracy, among the more unprincipled and desperate friends of James, for the assassination of the King.1890, James Franck Bright, edited by Rivingtons, A History of England, →ISBN, page 853
assassination meaning in Tamil, Urdu, Bengali and Malayalam
assassination in Tamil
- படுகொலை, அரசியல் காரணங்களுக்கான ஆட்கொலை, வன்கொலை, சதிக்கொலை, தாக்கிக் கொல்லுதல்
assassination in Bengali
- গুপ্তহত্যা
More languagesFewer languages
- assassination in Odia
- ଗୁପ୍ତହତ୍ୟା guptahatyā
- assassination in Tagalog
- paglingo
- assassination in Arabic
- اِغْتِيَال iḡtiyāl
- assassination in Persian
- قتل qatl, سوء قصد su'-e qasd, ترور teror
- assassination in Thai
- การลอบสังหาร gaan-lɔ̂ɔp-sǎng-hǎan
- assassination in Myanmar
- လုပ်ကြံမှု lupkramhmu.
Examples of assassination in a sentence
- I clearly remember hearing the news of Kennedy's assassination. That ages me.
- World War I traditionally started with the assassination of Archduke Francis (Franz) Ferdinand.
- The assassination of Lincoln was part of a larger plot.
Forms of assassination
| plural | assassinations |
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Origin of assassination
From assassinate + -ion.
Words formed from assassination
- assassination market
- assassination marketplace
- character assassination
- counterassassination
- royal assassination
Phrases with assassination
Words that rhyme with assassination
- station
- collation
- accommodation
- presentation
- derivation
- information
- modulation
- translation
- application
- fixation
- generation
- orientation
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- citation
- combination
- communication
- conjugation
- constellation
- determination
- elevation
- operation
- relation
- reservation
- alternation
- condensation
- conversation
- deviation
- excavation
- foliation
- formation
- foundation
- incarnation
- interpretation
- representation
- retardation
- speculation
- termination
- abbreviation
- adaptation
- articulation
- bifurcation
- concentration
- congregation
- declination
- degradation
- expectation
- extenuation
- gradation
- observation
- population
- preparation
- reconciliation
- rotation
- separation
- situation
- vexation
- vindication
- accumulation
- administration
- aggregation
- appropriation
Questions about assassination
- What does assassination mean?
- Assassination means the murder of a person, especially for political reasons or for personal gain.
- What is assassination in Tamil?
- Assassination in Tamil is படுகொலை, அரசியல் காரணங்களுக்கான ஆட்கொலை, வன்கொலை. See Assassination meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is assassination?
- Assassination is a noun.
- How do you pronounce assassination?
- Assassination is pronounced /əˌsæs.ɪˈneɪ.ʃən/ (UK).
- What is the plural of assassination?
- The plural of assassination is assassinations.
Words near assassination in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: assassination (page history and authors); assassination (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); assassination (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); assassination (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); assassination (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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