Assassination Techniques

noun a person who murders someone, usually for political or monetary reasons

• The assassin was hired to eliminate the target discreetly.
• I heard that the assassin got caught by the police.
• That assassin is one bad dude.
• His words were like the sharp blade of an assassin, cutting through all pretense.

noun a type of nerve agent developed in the Soviet Union

adjective describing something related to or characteristic of novichok

• The nerve agent novichok was used in the attempted assassination of a former Russian spy.
• Have you heard about that novichok poisoning in the news?
• They say novichok is some serious stuff, man.
• The novichok of betrayal seeped into every corner of their relationship.