nnoun.communicationan attack intended to ruin someone's reputationSynset:blackwash character assassination
Derivationally Related Form:assassinate
Hypernyms:calumniation calumny defamation hatchet job obloquy traducement
Inherited Hypernyms:character assassinationdefamationdisparagementdisrespectmessagecommunicationabstractionentity
nnoun.actmurder of a public figure by surprise attackDerivationally Related Form:assassinate
Hypernyms:execution murder slaying
Inherited Hypernyms:assassinationmurderhomicidekillingterminationchange of statechangeactionacteventpsychological featureabstractionentity