Complete Definition of "assassination"

English

Pronunciation
Rhymes: Rhymes:English:-eɪ��n|-eɪ��n

Noun
assassination, plural assassinations

  1. killing or murder for political reasons

#: The assassination of the king occurred at night.

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Chinese
:Simplified: ��
:Traditional: �殺
:Pinyin: cisha
Danish: attentat
Dutch: moord
Finnish: salamurha
French: assassinat
German: Ermordung
Greek: δολο�ονία (dolophonía)
Hebrew: �תנקש�ת (hitnaqshut) f
Italian: assassinio
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Japanese:
:Kanji: �殺
:Hiragana: ����
:Romaji: ansatsu
Korean:
:Hangul: ��
:Romaja: amsar
Latin: (Classical Latin) caed�s per insidi�s nominative, caedis per insidi�s genitive; (Modern Latin) assassin�ti� nominative, assassin�ti�nis genitive
Portuguese: assassinato
Slovak: atentat
Slovene: atentat m
Spanish: magnicidio
Swedish: attentat

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Related terms
assassin
royal assassin

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