Synonyms for ASSASSIN
əˈsæs ɪnas·sas·sin

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1. assassin, assassinator, bravonoun

   a murderer (especially one who kills a prominent political figure) who kills by a surprise attack and often is hired to do the deed

   "his assassins were hunted down like animals"; "assassinators of kings and emperors"

   Synonyms:
   bravo, assassin, assassinator

2. assassinnoun

   a member of a secret order of Muslims (founded in the 12th century) who terrorized and killed Christian Crusaders

   Synonyms:
   bravo, assassinator

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1. assassinnoun

   Synonyms:
   murderer, slayer, cut-throat, assassinator, bravo

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1. List of paraphrases for "assassin":

   murderer, killer, slayer, assasin, kiiler, callin

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1. List of known nicknames for "Assassin":

   Assasin

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1. Rockefeller Vincent:

   Because on the night of the president's death, a few hours later... Jovenel MoïseHaiti President had phone conversations with the president's assassin.

2. Brent Musburger:

   As I told coach, whoever took you out, Jon, that was a paid assassin, that was one of the best hit jobs that I’ve ever been around. They didn’t go to their media g-------. They didn’t leak this to Adam Schefter or one of those guys that breaks stories. They first went to the Wall Street Journal. And when Gruden was still coaching after that, then they dumped the rest of it on the New York Times. That was a professional hit job.

3. Tyron Edwards:

   The slanderer and the assassin differ only in the weapon they use; with the one it is the dagger, with the other the tongue. The former is worse that the latter, for the last only kills the body, while the other murders the reputation.

4. Percy Bysshe Shelley:

   War is the statesman's game, the priest's delight, The lawyer's jest, the hired assassin's trade.

5. Dave Perry:

   I don't do the sexy stuff, i don't come out and say, 'I know who the Grassy Knoll assassin is!' I'm the guy that goes into the county records building and looks up deed records. Most people don't get too wound up over that.