assassination
Targeted prominent killing
Assassination is the killing of a prominent person, typically for political or ideological reasons.
The targets are usually political leaders, activists, or public figures: the assassination of Martin Luther King Jr. , an assassination attempt on the president.
The verb is assassinate.
Character assassination destroys someone's reputation rather than their life.
Causing death deliberately
- murderDeliberate unlawful killing
- slayingAct of killing
- executionCompleting a planned task
- eliminationAct of removing entirely
hit · termination · liquidation · dispatch · neutralization · shooting · stabbing · poisoning
Causing another's death
- murderDeliberate unlawful killing
- premeditatedPlanned before acting
- conspiracyClandestine coordinated scheming
- trialJudicial examination of claims
investigation · arrest · conviction · sentence · prosecution · evidence · motive · accomplice
Professional paid murderer
- gunmanArmed violent person
- sniperConcealed precision shooter
- killerOne who causes death
- shooterOne who fires weapons
operative · agent · lone wolf · conspirator · patsy · triggerman · mercenary · contract killer
Elected leader of nation
- leaderOne who guides others
- prime ministerLeader of a parliamentary state
- kingMale crowned ruler
- archdukeDuke's superior rank
dictator · politician · diplomat · head of state · ruler · Kennedy · Lincoln · Gandhi
Long-barreled shoulder weapon
- pistolCompact one-handed firearm
- poisonHarmful ingested substance
- car bombExplosive in automobile
- explosiveProne to sudden detonation
blade · garrote · ricin · sniper fire · close range · drive-by · ambush · booby trap
killing
Causing death deliberately
elimination · hit · termination · liquidation · dispatch · neutralization · shooting · stabbing · poisoning · bombing
homicide
Causing another's death
- murderDeliberate unlawful killing
- premeditatedPlanned before acting
- conspiracyClandestine coordinated scheming
trial · investigation · arrest · conviction · sentence · prosecution · evidence · motive · accomplice · indictment
hitman
Professional paid murderer
shooter · operative · agent · lone wolf · conspirator · patsy · triggerman · mercenary · contract killer · sleeper
president
Elected leader of nation
- leaderOne who guides others
- prime ministerLeader of a parliamentary state
- kingMale crowned ruler
archduke · dictator · politician · diplomat · head of state · ruler · Kennedy · Lincoln · Gandhi · Rabin
rifle
Long-barreled shoulder weapon
explosive · blade · garrote · ricin · sniper fire · close range · drive-by · ambush · booby trap · letter bomb
reputation
Collective opinion of someone
- smearSpread or defame
- defamationFalse statements harming reputation
- slanderSpoken false defamation
libel · attack · destroy · ruin · discredit · mudslinging · hit piece · takedown · scandal · campaign
- crimesarson, burglary, robbery, kidnapping, vandalism
- US HistoryAmerican Revolution, US history, Civil War, George Washington, Abraham Lincoln
- 1860sAbraham Lincoln, American Civil War, Appomattox, Confederacy, Confederate States
- Caesar's legacyRoman Empire, Julius Caesar, Augustus, Julian calendar, dictatorship
- Philippine historypresidents, Spanish rule, vice president, revolutionaries, Imelda
- Assassinationsregicide, tyrannicide, targeted killing, hitman, Jack Ruby
assassinationbirth
Coming into the world
creation · resurrection · nativity · conception · genesis
assassinationprotection
Guarding against harm
rescue · salvation · lifesaving · preservation · safeguarding
assassinationinauguration
Formal beginning ceremony
coronation · election · enthronement · investiture · accession
- 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