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Meanings of assassination in English

Russian
заказное убийство
Spanish
asesinato político
Catalan
assassinat de figura pública
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Murder of a prominent person, often a political leader or ruler.

заказное убийство

An attack intended to ruin someone's reputation.

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Examples for "blackwash"
Examples for "blackwash"
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A lone green shirt engulfed by a marauding blackwash.
The Irish Times
2
Like the tours of 1966 and 1983, the 2005 Lions have been rewarded for their efforts with a 'blackwash', losing every Test.
The Guardian
3
Many will fight against history being blackwashed in this way.
The Guardian
1
But the regime's most common weapon against its critics is character assassination.
The Guardian
2
Your Honor, I promise you, I am not engaging in idle character assassination.
Saving max
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Meeting no resistance, the character assassination had the expected result.
The Guardian
4
He started the day by claiming he was the subject of a character assassination.
The South African
5
He rejected the charges, calling them "a flimsy attempt at character assassination".
The Guardian
Usage of assassination in English
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The assassination of an elected official represents a challenge to any democracy.
The Irish Times
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Well since the Kennedy assassination all we've seen is corruption in government.
Love All The People
3
Dornan said he thought the assassination was the right thing to do.
Reuters
4
Do nothing and perhaps witness the most unusual political assassination in history?
Three stations: an arkady renko novel
5
HRW said Hajjarian suffered permanent disability after an assassination attempt in 2000.
Reuters
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Yulia Skripal survived an assassination attempt that UK authorities blame on Russia.
The Irish Times
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He had kept the Diamond, in flat defiance of assassination, in India.
The Moonstone
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The British police had investigated several previous alleged assassination attempts against him.
News.com.au
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JFK items hit auction block 50 years after his assassination CAMBRIDGE, Mass.
Reuters
10
In her dream she saw the actual assassination as it later happened.
Ghosts
11
Ambition was honored in Alexander, suicide in Cato, and assassination in Brutus.
Willis the Pilot : A Sequel to the Swiss Family Robinson / Or, A...
12
Two serious accidents and 10 assassination attempts can be considered close calls.
The Guardian
13
As prime minister, Netanyahu was criticised at home for ordering the assassination.
Reuters
14
The Taliban assassination campaign is hardly the whole of its war effort.
Wired
15
The magazine published several frames of the film days after the assassination.
Reuters
16
The Tories have always done political assassination much more efficiently than Labour.
The Guardian
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Ireland
Common
South Africa
Common
United States of America
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