assassination

IPA: ʌsæsʌnˈeɪʃʌn

Examples of "assassination" in Sentences

The assassination destabilized the government.
After the assassination, the Senate passed an amnesty on the assassins.
“I find your use of the word assassination rather amusing,” snarled Rudin.
As much as he hated the notion of prolonging his exposure to those sons of bitches, once someone breathed the word assassination it all became a new ball game.
The Muslim Brotherhood, Egypt's most powerful Islamist political group, condemned what it called the assassination of Mr. bin Laden in a statement distributed to reporters on Monday.
Gbagbo allies say the U.N. and French forces were also involved in Wednesday's fighting as part of what they call an assassination attempt against Mr. Gbagbo, a charge that French officials deny.