Assassin
noun
A person who kills someone for money or for political reasons.
The president's assassin was never found.
Often appears as...
- political assassin
- professional assassin
noun
A person who kills someone for money or for political reasons.
The president's assassin was never found.
Often appears as...
- political assassin
- professional assassin
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Pro Tip 1/3Negative Connotation
The word 'assassin' carries a strongly negative feel, used for a killer with dubious motives.
The assassin's cold gaze revealed no remorse.
Pro Tip 2/3Stealthy Implications
'Assassin' suggests secrecy and stealth rather than an open attack.
Silent as shadow, the assassin slipped through the darkness.
Pro Tip 3/3Professional Aspect
An 'assassin' is often seen as a professional, someone skilled and paid to carry out a targeted killing.
The skilled assassin had a reputation for never failing a contract.
Pro Tip 1/3Negative Connotation
The word 'assassin' carries a strongly negative feel, used for a killer with dubious motives.
The assassin's cold gaze revealed no remorse.
Pro Tip 2/3Stealthy Implications
'Assassin' suggests secrecy and stealth rather than an open attack.
Silent as shadow, the assassin slipped through the darkness.
Pro Tip 3/3Professional Aspect
An 'assassin' is often seen as a professional, someone skilled and paid to carry out a targeted killing.
The skilled assassin had a reputation for never failing a contract.
Pro Tip 1/3Negative Connotation
The word 'assassin' carries a strongly negative feel, used for a killer with dubious motives.
The assassin's cold gaze revealed no remorse.
Pro Tip 2/3Stealthy Implications
'Assassin' suggests secrecy and stealth rather than an open attack.
Silent as shadow, the assassin slipped through the darkness.
Pro Tip 3/3Professional Aspect
An 'assassin' is often seen as a professional, someone skilled and paid to carry out a targeted killing.
The skilled assassin had a reputation for never failing a contract.
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A Grumpy Shoebill...
burtles or bobo but he picked out benito panettone who was bombing doing the wing like an extra set missile man he cushioned it on his chest knocked meg george here flicked it up one of these buns one lollipop two lollipop three and then he laid it on a plate at the barbie fierce assassin emmanuel macvittie you know the new lad we got from mayor blackboard rovers for
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The great conspiracy...
Most of the other senators had fled, while the assassins barricaded themselves on the Capitoline Hill. Mark Antony, Caesar's friend and co-consul, was swift to seize the upper hand, delivering a passionate speech at Caesar's funeral days later
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Sleep is your superpower...
and eliminating them. In fact, what they're doing here is destroying a cancerous tumor mass. So what you wish for is a virile set of these immune assassins at all times, and tragically, that's what you don't have if you're not sleeping enough.
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Escobar's Teenage...
into murderers for money he's turned them into sicarios into assassins a member of debrief in one OC carios I think this kid was like 15 years old he had already admitted to ten killings he said you know what our life expectancy
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Calling for change in...
starts the so-called Cultural Revolution he started to get the power in his head and he starts showing his colors and in 1980 he sent his assassins to Europe to kill the opposition leaders the first
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Safari Live - Day 42 PIPE...
should be the case remember all elephants tusks are supposed the elephant's assassins that you see anywhere in the world are influenced heavily by the amount of well shall we
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CIA Mind Control PIPE CIA...
the search for a real-life manchurian candidate begins to produce such an assassin the cia faces two main challenges how to induce amnesia and how to program new behavior
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Assassin Bug vs. Bat PIPE...
if you were to call this assassin bug bloodthirsty the bug would most likely say huh and your point is practically from the moment of birth in a cave in
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Dragonfly vs Damselfly PIPE...
today's deadly assassin this is the Emperor dragonfly one of the fastest insects in the world against it the damselfly
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Assassin Bug PIPE National...
if you were to call this assassin bug bloodthirsty the bug would most likely
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A Grumpy Shoebill...
burtles or bobo but he picked out benito panettone who was bombing doing the wing like an extra set missile man he cushioned it on his chest knocked meg george here flicked it up one of these buns one lollipop two lollipop three and then he laid it on a plate at the barbie fierce assassin emmanuel macvittie you know the new lad we got from mayor blackboard rovers for
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The great conspiracy...
Most of the other senators had fled, while the assassins barricaded themselves on the Capitoline Hill. Mark Antony, Caesar's friend and co-consul, was swift to seize the upper hand, delivering a passionate speech at Caesar's funeral days later
Video examples
Sleep is your superpower...
and eliminating them. In fact, what they're doing here is destroying a cancerous tumor mass. So what you wish for is a virile set of these immune assassins at all times, and tragically, that's what you don't have if you're not sleeping enough.
Video examples
Escobar's Teenage...
into murderers for money he's turned them into sicarios into assassins a member of debrief in one OC carios I think this kid was like 15 years old he had already admitted to ten killings he said you know what our life expectancy
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Calling for change in...
starts the so-called Cultural Revolution he started to get the power in his head and he starts showing his colors and in 1980 he sent his assassins to Europe to kill the opposition leaders the first
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Safari Live - Day 42 PIPE...
should be the case remember all elephants tusks are supposed the elephant's assassins that you see anywhere in the world are influenced heavily by the amount of well shall we
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CIA Mind Control PIPE CIA...
the search for a real-life manchurian candidate begins to produce such an assassin the cia faces two main challenges how to induce amnesia and how to program new behavior
Video examples
Assassin Bug vs. Bat PIPE...
if you were to call this assassin bug bloodthirsty the bug would most likely say huh and your point is practically from the moment of birth in a cave in
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Dragonfly vs Damselfly PIPE...
today's deadly assassin this is the Emperor dragonfly one of the fastest insects in the world against it the damselfly
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Assassin Bug PIPE National...
if you were to call this assassin bug bloodthirsty the bug would most likely
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Quote examples
Neil Marshall
English Director
I would love to do a Black Widow movie. That's perfect, I would love to do that. That character is really interesting: she doesn't have any superpowers; she just has extraordinary skills, and the world that she comes from, being this ex-K.G.B. assassin, I find that really fascinating, yeah.
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Sam Kinison
American Comedian
Not that I want to put the entire rap music style down - I just don't like it. And I know somewhere there's gotta be another guy like that. There's gotta be a guy just like that - just like me. There's gotta be somebody, somewhere... Maybe, maybe an assassin type.
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Ralph Ineson
English Actor
You can't go wrong with pirates. I mean, they're pirates. It's what everyone wants to be when they're a kid. Ninja, assassin, or a pirate - and now you can kind of be all three.
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Indira Gandhi
Indian Statesman
If I die a violent death, as some fear and a few are plotting, I know that the violence will be in the thought and the action of the assassins, not in my dying.
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George W. Bush
American President
The United States of America will never be intimidated by thugs and assassins. The killers will fail, and the Iraqi people will live in freedom.
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Sam Rockwell
American Actor
I did some martial arts training for 'Confessions of a Dangerous Mind,' since the character was an assassin.
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Alexander Cockburn
English Journalist
The weapon of the advocate is the sword of the soldier, not the dagger of the assassin.
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Stephen Jackson
American Athlete
I'm an assassin on the court. And at home, I'm a nun.
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Gene Hackman
American Actor
I do not like assassins, or men of low character.
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Bradley Beal
American Basketball Player
I'm a silent assassin - I can say that.
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Neil Marshall
English Director
I would love to do a Black Widow movie. That's perfect, I would love to do that. That character is really interesting: she doesn't have any superpowers; she just has extraordinary skills, and the world that she comes from, being this ex-K.G.B. assassin, I find that really fascinating, yeah.
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Sam Kinison
American Comedian
Not that I want to put the entire rap music style down - I just don't like it. And I know somewhere there's gotta be another guy like that. There's gotta be a guy just like that - just like me. There's gotta be somebody, somewhere... Maybe, maybe an assassin type.
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Ralph Ineson
English Actor
You can't go wrong with pirates. I mean, they're pirates. It's what everyone wants to be when they're a kid. Ninja, assassin, or a pirate - and now you can kind of be all three.
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Indira Gandhi
Indian Statesman
If I die a violent death, as some fear and a few are plotting, I know that the violence will be in the thought and the action of the assassins, not in my dying.
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George W. Bush
American President
The United States of America will never be intimidated by thugs and assassins. The killers will fail, and the Iraqi people will live in freedom.
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Sam Rockwell
American Actor
I did some martial arts training for 'Confessions of a Dangerous Mind,' since the character was an assassin.
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Alexander Cockburn
English Journalist
The weapon of the advocate is the sword of the soldier, not the dagger of the assassin.
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Stephen Jackson
American Athlete
I'm an assassin on the court. And at home, I'm a nun.
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Gene Hackman
American Actor
I do not like assassins, or men of low character.
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Bradley Beal
American Basketball Player
I'm a silent assassin - I can say that.
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