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 →

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 →
• There was an assassination attempt on the president. tree →
• The spy story is about an assassination plot. tree →
• The country mourned after the assassination. tree →
• Historians study why the assassination happened. tree →
• Guards stopped the assassination just in time. tree →

note

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

In the corpora

• "Wet work" means assassination (slang).

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «assassination» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.