assassin | (noun) a murderer (especially one who kills a prominent political figure) who kills by a surprise attack and often is hired to do the deed | Synonyms: assassinator, bravo |
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(noun) a member of a secret order of Muslims (founded in the 12th century) who terrorized and killed Christian Crusaders | - |
assassination | (noun) murder of a public figure by surprise attack | - |
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(noun) an attack intended to ruin someone's reputation | Synonyms: blackwash, character assassination |
assassinator | (noun) a murderer (especially one who kills a prominent political figure) who kills by a surprise attack and often is hired to do the deed | Synonyms: assassin, bravo |
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disassembly | (noun) the act of taking something apart (as a piece of machinery) | Synonyms: dismantlement, dismantling |
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disassociation | (noun) a state in which some integrated part of a person's life becomes separated from the rest of the personality and functions independently | Synonyms: dissociation |
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(noun) the state of being unconnected in memory or imagination | - |
sass | (noun) an impudent or insolent rejoinder | Synonyms: back talk, backtalk, lip, mouth, sassing |
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sassaby | (noun) a large South African antelope; considered the swiftest hoofed mammal | Synonyms: Damaliscus lunatus, topi |
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sassafras | (noun) dried root bark of the sassafras tree | - |
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(noun) yellowwood tree with brittle wood and aromatic leaves and bark; source of sassafras oil; widely distributed in eastern North America | Synonyms: Sassafras albidum, sassafras tree |
sassing | (noun) an impudent or insolent rejoinder | Synonyms: back talk, backtalk, lip, mouth, sass |
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