meaning of assassins
1. One who kills, or attempts to kill, by surprise or secret assault; one who treacherously murders any one unprepared for defense.
2. To assassinate.
3. a murderer especially one who kills a prominent political figure who kills by a treacherous surprise attack and often is hired to do the deed; "his assassins were hunted down like animals"; "assassinators of kings and
">emperors"
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