assassinating
Killing a leader
Assassinating is killing a prominent person, typically a political figure, through sudden or secretive attack.
The act implies premeditation and often political motivation: They were convicted of assassinating the president.
By extension, to assassinate someone's character or reputation is to destroy it through deliberate attack: The campaign spent millions assassinating her character.
Deliberate unlawful killing
- bloodshedKilling and wounding
- brutalitySavage, merciless behavior
- slayingAct of killing
- killingCausing death deliberately
deadly · ruthless · fatal · lethal · stabbing · shooting · strangling · bludgeoning
Concealed precision shooter
- hitmanProfessional paid murderer
- precisionAccuracy of measurement
- marksmanshipAccuracy in shooting
- scopeExtent or range
crosshairs · stakeout · surveillance · silencer · premeditated · execution · neutralize · dispatch
Midwestern state capital
- KennedyIrish-origin surname, political dynasty
- CaesarRoman imperial title
- MLKCivil rights initials
- GandhiIndian independence leader
Rabin · Bhutto · Sadat · Trotsky · regicide · tyrannicide · Booth · Oswald
Secret, undetected movement
- infiltrationCovert entry into organization
- clandestineConcealed from authorities
- undercoverSecretly engaged in espionage
- surreptitiousDone secretly, avoiding detection
disguise · incognito · subterfuge · cloak-and-dagger · unseen · undetected · secretive · concealment
Abrupt seizure of power
- tyrannyOppressive, absolute governance
- dictatorshipUnchecked single-ruler government
- revolutionViolent governmental overthrow
- insurrectionViolent uprising against authority
rebellion · uprising · autocracy · despotism · usurpation · sedition · treason · junta
murder
Deliberate unlawful killing
killing · deadly · ruthless · fatal · lethal · stabbing · shooting · strangling · bludgeoning · wound
sniper
Concealed precision shooter
- hitmanProfessional paid murderer
- precisionAccuracy of measurement
- marksmanshipAccuracy in shooting
scope · crosshairs · stakeout · surveillance · silencer · premeditated · execution · neutralize · dispatch · terminate
Lincoln
Midwestern state capital
Gandhi · Rabin · Bhutto · Sadat · Trotsky · regicide · tyrannicide · Booth · Oswald · Brutus
stealth
Secret, undetected movement
- infiltrationCovert entry into organization
- clandestineConcealed from authorities
- undercoverSecretly engaged in espionage
surreptitious · disguise · incognito · subterfuge · cloak-and-dagger · unseen · undetected · secretive · concealment · shadowy
coup
Abrupt seizure of power
- tyrannyOppressive, absolute governance
- dictatorshipUnchecked single-ruler government
- revolutionViolent governmental overthrow
insurrection · rebellion · uprising · autocracy · despotism · usurpation · sedition · treason · junta · sovereignty
assassinatingsaving
Reserving for future use
rescuing · resuscitating · reviving · preserving · healing
assassinatingconstruction
Process of building something
creating · building · nurturing · cultivating · constructing
assassinatingprotecting
Keeping from harm
guarding · shielding · defending · safeguarding · crowning
- 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