# assassination

Pronunciation: say "uh-sas-i-NAY-shuhn" /əˌsæs.ɪˈneɪ.ʃən/

## Noun

1. The deliberate murder of someone, typically a public figure, carried out for political motives or for personal gain.
   - Simple: The killing of a person on purpose, often for political reasons or for money.
   - _The assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand in 1914 helped trigger World War I._
   - _The dictator survived several assassination attempts during his decades in power._

## Origin

Formed from the verb "assassinate" combined with the suffix "-ion."

Source: DictionaryAI, https://dictionaryai.com/define/assassination (written from Wiktionary data, CC BY-SA 4.0: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/).