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assassin
  1. (historical) A member of a Muslim group who employed assassination of key enemy figures as their tactic.
  2. Someone who intentionally kills a person, especially a professional who kills a public or political figure.
  3. Any ruthless killer.
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  5. Examples:
    1. “She is a deadly assassin who wields three-pronged daggers and suffers from obsessive-compulsive disorder.”
assassinate
  1. (obsolete) Assassination, murder.
  2. (obsolete) An assassin.
assassination
  1. The murder of a person, especially for political reasons or for personal gain.
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  3. Examples:
    1. “The attack was unprovoked and it seems he was selected at random for assassination.”
      “The assassination of Hariri led to the recall of the US ambassador from Damascus and warnings about Syrian sponsorship of terrorism.”
      “The attempted assassination was an act both of expiation and of restitution.”
assassinatrix
  1. (rare) A female assassin.
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  3. Examples:
    1. “The young Socialists had glorified Vera Sassoulitsch, the Russian would-be assassinatrix.”
assassinatress
assassinee
  1. One who is assassinated.
assassinator
  1. An assassin.
  2. Examples:
    1. “I think that the firing that was done could have been done with the type gun that they say the assassinator used.”
      “He said that Bait Ullah Mehsud is the assassinator and everyone knows that.”
      “He said that the tactic same to assassination attack on BB was applied on Maulana the assassinator first conducted firing then blast was detonated.”
assassinatresses
assassinations
  1. plural of assassination
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  3. Examples:
    1. “Armed with anti-tank missiles, they can be used for assassinations and attacks.”
      “There were also a number of other attacks and assassinations, using machine guns rather than car bombs.”
      “The assassinations and bombings carried out by the Partisans forced the German soldiers into their barracks.”
assassinatrices
assassinators
  1. plural of assassinator
assassinees
  1. plural of assassinee
assassins
  1. plural of assassin
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  3. Examples:
    1. “The plan, whose details elude me at the moment, had a lot to do with the improvised use of a sewing kit by a crack team of ninja assassins.”
      “On the other, it provided him with a band of assassins that could eliminate any PLO leader that met with his disapproval.”
      “The letter provided the two assassins with the legitimacy and cover to gain access to the victim.”
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