Synonyms for assassination
as·sas·si·na·tion

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1. character assassination, assassination, blackwashnoun

   an attack intended to ruin someone's reputation

   Synonyms:
   character assassination, black lotion, blackwash

2. assassinationnoun

   murder of a public figure by surprise attack

   Synonyms:
   character assassination, blackwash

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1. assassinationnoun

   Synonyms:
   murder (by secret assault)

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1. List of paraphrases for "assassination":

   murder, assassinating, assassinate, assassinated, killing, assassinations

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1. Gretchen Whitmer:

   They weren’t planning to ransom me, they weren’t going to keep me, they were planning to assassinate me. And the plot has been covered as a kidnapping plot, there was one person who showed up on, you know, on a Supreme Court justice’s lawn and turned himself in, and it was covered as an assassination attempt. And so I think that when you look at the facts of both of those, and you see how differently they’re covered, I do, you know, have concern about the language that we use, especially when women are a target as opposed to men.

2. Wilfredo Mendez:

   There is very strong concern here, we think there should be a specialized independent investigation commission to know the true causes and motives for the assassination.

3. Lori Lightfoot:

   If you're shooting an unarmed child with his hands in the air, it is an assassination. as a mom, this is not something Adeena Weiss-Ortiz want children to see.

4. Harris County:

   We've heard black lives matter ; all lives matter. Well cops' lives matter too, our system of justice absolutely requires a law enforcement presence to protect our communities, so at any point where the rhetoric ramps up to the point where calculated cold-blooded assassination of police officers happen( s), this rhetoric has gotten out of control.

5. Jeanette Finicum:

   He was walking with his hands in the air. A symbol of surrender, we have talked with an independent investigator who has stated that the video provides a setup assassination.