an attack intended to ruin someone's reputation
murder of a public figure by surprise attack
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assassination
Assassination is not argument. [ Castelar ]
Calumny is moral assassination.
Assassination makes only martyrs, not converts. [ Lamartine ]
Is there a crime
Beneath the roof of heaven, that stains the soul
Of man, with more infernal hue, than damn'd
Assassination? [ Cibber ]
There are moral as well as physical assassinations. [ Voltaire ]
Assassination has never changed the history of the world. [ Beaconsfield ]
Murder, like talent, seems occasionally to run in families. [ G. H. Lewes ]
If the assassination could trammel up the consequence, and catch, with his surcease, success; that but this blow might be the be-all and the end-all here - but here, upon this bank and shoal of time, we'd jump the life to come. [ William Shakespeare ]
assassinationin Scrabble®
The word assassination is playable in Scrabble®, no blanks required. Because it is longer than 7 letters, you would have to play off an existing word or do it in several moves.
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assassinationin Words With Friends™
The word assassination is playable in Words With Friends™, no blanks required. Because it is longer than 7 letters, you would have to play off an existing word or do it in several moves.
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