assassinat — meaning in English
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English meaning
- assassination noun The killing of someone, usually a prominent or public figure, carried out deliberately and often for political motives.
- kill verb To cause the death of a person, animal, or living thing.
- murder noun The crime of deliberately killing another person.
Senses
assassinat is used for these senses in English:
- assassination The murder of a person, especially for political reasons or for personal gain.
- kill The act of killing.
- kill The result of killing; that which has been killed.
- murder (uncountable, legal, in jurisdictions which use the felony murder rule) The act of committing or abetting a crime that results in the killing of a person, regardless of intent, and even if the committer or abettor is not the one who killed the person: felony murder.
kill — full definition
- verb To cause the death of a person, animal, or living thing.
- verb To stop, switch off, or put an end to something completely.
- verb To cause severe pain, exhaustion, or distress — often used informally and not literally.
- noun An act of killing, or the animal or target that has been killed.