Murder vs. Assassination

Murdernoun

(countable) An act of deliberate killing of another being, especially a human.

Murdernoun

(uncountable) The crime of deliberate killing of another human.

Murdernoun

The commission of an act which abets the commission of a crime the commission of which causes the death of a human.

Murdernoun

Something terrible to endure.

Murdernoun

A group of crows; the collective noun for crows.

Murderverb

To deliberately kill (a person or persons).

Murderverb

To defeat decisively.

Murderverb

To botch or mangle.

Murderverb

To kick someone's ass or chew someone out (used to express one’s anger at somebody).

Murderverb

to devour, ravish.

Murdernoun

The offense of killing a human being with malice prepense or aforethought, express or implied; intentional and unlawful homicide.

Murderverb

To kill with premediated malice; to kill (a human being) willfully, deliberately, and unlawfully. See Murder, n.

Murderverb

To destroy; to put an end to.

Murderverb

To mutilate, spoil, or deform, as if with malice or cruelty; to mangle; as, to murder the king's English.

Murdernoun

unlawful premeditated killing of a human being by a human being

Murderverb

kill intentionally and with premeditation;

Murderverb

alter so as to make unrecognizable;

Murder

Murder is the unlawful killing of another human without justification or valid excuse, especially the unlawful killing of another human with malice aforethought. This state of mind may, depending upon the jurisdiction, distinguish murder from other forms of unlawful homicide, such as manslaughter.

Assassinationnoun

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

Assassinationnoun

The act of assassinating; a killing by treacherous violence.

Assassinationnoun

an attack intended to ruin someone's reputation

Assassinationnoun

murder of a public figure by surprise attack

Assassination

Assassination is the act of murdering a prominent or important person, such as heads of state, heads of government, politicians, royalty, celebrities, or CEOs. An assassination may be prompted by political and military motives, or done for financial gain, to avenge a grievance, from a desire to acquire fame or notoriety, or because of a military, security, insurgent or secret police group's command to carry out the assassination.