assassination

assassinate +‎ -ion

• (General American, Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /əˌsæs.ɪ.ˈneɪ.ʃən/

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• Rhymes: -eɪʃən

assassination (plural assassinations)

1. The murder of a person, especially for political reasons or for personal gain.

   The assassination of the king occurred at night.

   • 1963, “Introduction”, in Wing-tsit Chan, transl., Instructions for Practical Living and Other Neo-Confucian Writings by Wang Yang-ming‎, Columbia University Press, →LCCN, →OCLC, page xxiv:

     Liu's agents pursued him and he escaped assassination only by throwing his clothing away by the Chʻien-tʻang River near Hangchow, thus suggesting suicide.

• assassin

• targeted killing