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noun

assassination

the deliberate killing of a prominent or public figure, often for political reasons

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  • The 1914 assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand in Sarajevo, a single killing on a state visit, pulled Europe's alliances into war within weeks.

    History

  • After the assassination of President McKinley in 1901, Congress made protecting the president a permanent duty of the Secret Service.

    Politics

  • Shakespeare's Julius Caesar spends three acts building toward the assassination of the title character, and two acts on the civil war his death unleashes.

    Literature

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