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# assassination

«assassination» in Mova's school dictionary: **the murder of an important or famous person, such as a…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 1 sentence of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

noun (an assassination, assassinations)

### meaning for a pupil

An assassination is the murder of an important or famous person, such as a leader, usually for political reasons. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/assassination/#m1)

### sense in the lessons

In history lessons, some assassinations changed world events, for example one that helped start a great war in Europe. In news it is a serious word. Phrases: «assassination attempt», «assassination plot».

### examples

- The assassination of the archduke helped start a great war. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/assassination/#x1)
- There was an assassination attempt on the president. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/assassination/#x2)
- The spy story is about an assassination plot. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/assassination/#x3)
- The country mourned after the assassination. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/assassination/#x4)
- Historians study why the assassination happened. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/assassination/#x5)
- Guards stopped the assassination just in time. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/assassination/#x6)

### note

Spelling: a-ss-a-ss-ination. Verb: assassinate; person: assassin. Serious topic.

### In the corpora

- ["Wet work" means assassination (slang).](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/euphemisms/25-spin-war-and-violence/19/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «assassination» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/assassination/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.