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- assassination
noun (common) (futsuumeishi); noun or participle which takes the aux. verb suru; transitive verb
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- assassination
The act of killing someone, usually a public figure or important person, for political or ideological reasons.
He was planning the assassination of the president.
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あんさつ暗殺をくわだてる企てるto plot an assassinationあんさつじけん暗殺事件assassination incidentあんさつ暗殺はん犯assassinあんさつ暗殺のひょうてき標的assassination targetちょめい著名にん人のあんさつ暗殺assassination of a public figureあんさつ暗殺にせいこう成功するto succeed in an assassinationれきしてき歴史的なあんさつ暗殺historical assassinationあんさつ暗殺けいかく計画assassination planせいじてき政治的なあんさつ暗殺political assassinationあんさつ暗殺のはいけい背景background of the assassination
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Martin Luther King, Jr., a man of peace, was killed by an assassin's bullet.
The gangsters let him in on their plan to knock off a rival gang leader.
Lyndon Johnson took over presidency when John Kennedy was assassinated.
The great Roman hero, Julius Caesar, was assassinated.
There were assassination theories but it was not clear who would have killed him and for what reason. Even now the truth about his death is unclear.