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assassination

DEFINITIONS OF: assassination

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n murder of a public figure by surprise attack

Type of:
execution, murder, slaying
unlawful premeditated killing of a human being by a human being

n an attack intended to ruin someone's reputation

Synonyms:
blackwash, character assassination
Type of:
calumniation, calumny, defamation, hatchet job, obloquy, traducement
a false accusation of an offense or a malicious misrepresentation of someone's words or actions
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