assassination

“I find your use of the word assassination rather amusing,” snarled Rudin.

Vince Flynn Collectors’ Edition #2

As much as he hated the notion of prolonging his exposure to those sons of bitches, once someone breathed the word assassination it all became a new ball game.

Scott Free

The Muslim Brotherhood, Egypt's most powerful Islamist political group, condemned what it called the assassination of Mr. bin Laden in a statement distributed to reporters on Monday.

World Cheers Bin Laden Killing, Prepares for Strikes

Gbagbo allies say the U.N. and French forces were also involved in Wednesday's fighting as part of what they call an assassination attempt against Mr. Gbagbo, a charge that French officials deny.

Ouattara Forces Attack Gbagbo Home in Ivory Coast

This time it was what he called the assassination of Isaac.

John Jasper: The Unmatched Negro Philosopher and Preacher

This assassination is the earliest reply which chivalry has had to make to forbearance unmeasured and friendliness almost fraternal.

The Martyred President: A Sermon Preached in the First Presbyterian Church, Brooklyn, N. Y.

Lt. Gen. David Rodriguez said earlier this week he believes that after a winter lull, the Taliban will bring on a new strategy in the spring that probably will include what he called assassination hit teams.

SFGate: Top News Stories

He said the strategy is likely to include what he called assassination hit teams.

SFGate: Top News Stories

Yet Hazlitt also claims that the reviewers calculatingly engage in "assassination" to make money (16: 239).

Paranoid Politics: Shelley and the _Quarterly Review_

So the whole tiresome rhetorical apparatus of character assassination is dutifully wheeled in.

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