assassinates
Kills important figure
Assassinates is the act of murdering a prominent person, typically for political or ideological reasons.
The word implies premeditation and often a public figure as target: The gunman assassinates the senator on the courthouse steps.
Figuratively, to assassinate someone's character is to destroy their reputation through deliberate attacks.
Concealed precision shooter
- hitmanProfessional paid murderer
- contractEnforceable written agreement
- poisonHarmful ingested substance
- ambushSurprise strike from concealment
stalk · infiltrate · covert · silencer · garrote · dagger · car bomb · ricin
Murdering a monarch
- tyrannicideMurder of oppressive sovereign
- coupAbrupt seizure of power
- overthrowForcible removal from power
- purgeEliminate unwanted elements
conspiracy · plot · treason · insurrection · rebellion · revolution · sedition · putsch
One harmed by another
- markVisible impression or sign
- dignitaryPerson of high rank
- officialAuthority-sanctioned person or status
- head of stateNation's chief representative
public figure · politician · statesman · rival · enemy · prominent · protected · VIP
Concealed from authorities
- secretiveInclined to conceal
- undercoverSecretly engaged in espionage
- espionageCovert intelligence gathering
- cloak-and-daggerInvolving secret intrigue
surreptitious · shadowy · hidden · disguise · undetected · stealthy · silent · unseen
sniper
Concealed precision shooter
- hitmanProfessional paid murderer
- contractEnforceable written agreement
- poisonHarmful ingested substance
ambush · stalk · infiltrate · covert · silencer · garrote · dagger · car bomb · ricin · close-range
regicide
Murdering a monarch
- tyrannicideMurder of oppressive sovereign
- coupAbrupt seizure of power
- overthrowForcible removal from power
purge · conspiracy · plot · treason · insurrection · rebellion · revolution · sedition · putsch · usurpation
victim
One harmed by another
- markVisible impression or sign
- dignitaryPerson of high rank
- officialAuthority-sanctioned person or status
head of state · public figure · politician · statesman · rival · enemy · prominent · protected · VIP · bodyguard
clandestine
Concealed from authorities
- secretiveInclined to conceal
- undercoverSecretly engaged in espionage
- espionageCovert intelligence gathering
cloak-and-dagger · surreptitious · shadowy · hidden · disguise · undetected · stealthy · silent · unseen · incognito
- Lincoln assassinationMurder of sixteenth president
- character assassinationDestroying someone's good name
- assassination attemptEffort to kill a prominent figure
- assassination plotScheme to kill a target
- political assassinationKilling for governmental change
- Kennedy assassinationPresidential murder, 1963