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Meanings of assassination in English
Murder of a prominent person, often a political leader or ruler.
Synonyms
Examples for "political killing"
Examples for "political killing"
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Usually the victims of a political killing were found much later.
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However, one political killing is one too many.
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Gunmen murdered a popular candidate for state governor in June in Mexico's worst political killing in 16 years.
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Gunmen murdered a popular candidate for Tamaulipas governor in June in Mexico's worst political killing in 16 years.
5
Hissène Habré's presidency was a time of widespread political killing, of systematic torture and of thousands of arbitrary arrests.
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It was the highest-profile political murder in Mexico in nearly two decades.
2
The first political murder in post-revolutionary Tunisia does not erase the country's other achievements.
3
Mr Douglas believes it was a political murder and he speaks to Kim Hill.
4
Belaïd's death was described in his cortege as a new type of political murder.
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On every other page there is either a political murder or a new war.
Usage of assassination in English
1
The assassination of an elected official represents a challenge to any democracy.
2
Well since the Kennedy assassination all we've seen is corruption in government.
3
Dornan said he thought the assassination was the right thing to do.
4
Do nothing and perhaps witness the most unusual political assassination in history?
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HRW said Hajjarian suffered permanent disability after an assassination attempt in 2000.
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Yulia Skripal survived an assassination attempt that UK authorities blame on Russia.
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He had kept the Diamond, in flat defiance of assassination, in India.
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The British police had investigated several previous alleged assassination attempts against him.
9
JFK items hit auction block 50 years after his assassination CAMBRIDGE, Mass.
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In her dream she saw the actual assassination as it later happened.
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Ambition was honored in Alexander, suicide in Cato, and assassination in Brutus.
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Two serious accidents and 10 assassination attempts can be considered close calls.
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As prime minister, Netanyahu was criticised at home for ordering the assassination.
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The Taliban assassination campaign is hardly the whole of its war effort.
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The magazine published several frames of the film days after the assassination.
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The Tories have always done political assassination much more efficiently than Labour.
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Translations for assassination
Spanish
Catalan
Assassination through the time
Assassination across language varieties
Ireland
Common
South Africa
Common
United States of America
Common
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