In its most common use, assassination has come to mean the killing of an important person.

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magazine article: Assassination. "My heart burnt within me with indignation and grief; we could think of nothing else." Read article

word game: Idioms with 'kill' jigsaw puzzle. Play game

story:. A Small Family Business. “One last job”, thought Jack Robino. “One last job, then I’ll finally retire.” Jack knew that it was time to give up working and go and collect his pension like other people of his age. But would his last job work out? Read story

cartoon: "Duck, Mr President!" "Whew! That was ..." See cartoon

trivia: Wordplay: The assassination of President Abraham Lincoln is an anagram of Fanatical sniper man shot his nation's leader. Sob! See more Assassination trivia

history: Aldo Moro killing | Malcom X killing | Oswald killing | Pope killing attempt | Rabin killing | Reagan killing attempt | Robert Kennedy killing | Sadat killing

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