1. An attack intended to ruin someone's reputation
   - character assassination, blackwash 
2. Murder of a public figure by surprise attack

Derived forms: assassinations

See also: assassinate

Type of: calumniation, calumny, defamation, execution, hatchet job, murder, obloquy, slaying, traducement

Encyclopedia: Assassination

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