assassination
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
assassinate + -ion
Pronunciation[edit]
- (General American, Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /əˌsæs.ɪ.ˈneɪ.ʃən/
Audio (Southern England) (file) Audio (US) (file) - Rhymes: -eɪʃən
Noun[edit]
assassination (plural assassinations)
- The murder of a person, especially for political reasons or for personal gain.
- The assassination of the king occurred at night.
- 1963, “Introduction”, in Wing-tsit Chan, transl., Instructions for Practical Living and Other Neo-Confucian Writings by Wang Yang-ming[1], Columbia University Press, →LCCN, →OCLC, page xxiv:
- Liu's agents pursued him and he escaped assassination only by throwing his clothing away by the Chʻien-tʻang River near Hangchow, thus suggesting suicide.
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Translations[edit]
murder for political reasons or personal gain
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