assassination

/ษ™หŒsรฆs.ษช.หˆneษช.สƒษ™n/

IPA: /AH0 S AE0 S AH0 N EY1 SH AH0 N/

noun
  1. 1

    The murder of a person, especially for political reasons or for personal gain.

    โ€œThe assassination of the king occurred at night.โ€

Source: https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/assassination