14 Metaphors for assassination

" I might also mention the sentiment of Count Conigsmarck, who allowed, that the barbarous assassination of Mr. Thynne by his bravoes was a slain on his blood, but such a one as a good action in the wars, or a lodging on a counterscarp, would easily wash out.

The assassination of Jaurès was a symbol of the assassination of peace; but the assassin was a Frenchman.

And was their assassination the first step in a plot to secure possession of the treasure?

The assassination of Henry IV. was a great calamity.

Assassinations became the order of the day; the young heir to the throne was removed in this way and replaced by another young prince.

Assassination is a branch of the art which demands a separate notice; and I shall devote an entire lecture to it.

Assassination was not the end which she anticipated.

The assassination of Henry IV., in the year 1609, was a new instance of the bigoted atrocity which reigned paramount in Europe at the time; and while robbing France of one of its best monarchs, it deprived the United Provinces of their truest and most powerful friend.

Assassination is the weapon of the oppressed and helpless; and it is not for me so to be judge in my own cause as to pronounce that Eivé has had no provocation.

The assassination was a shock to Christendom.

The assassination of Mr. Davidson, some years since, is an odious and enduring stigma on the Moorish Court, notwithstanding the various efforts which have been made to deny the personal responsibility of the Emperor in that transaction.

Assassination has sometimes been the prelude to revolution, but it may be questioned if it has over promoted the cause of liberty.

The assassination of McKinley was an interruption of the normal Washington process.

Indeed, Clarendon, the chief minister (he had lately been made lord chancellor), was known to hold, that the assassination of a successful rebel or usurper was an act of justifiable and meritorious loyalty.

14 Metaphors for  assassination