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Attentat.

attack; assassination (killing, or attempted killing, for ideological reasons)

8 characters3 syllables approx.Deutsch language

Meaning & usage

noun/ˈatənˌtaːt//ˌatənˈtaːt/
  1. attack; assassination (killing, or attempted killing, for ideological reasons)

    neuter · strong
Where this word comes from

Borrowed and relatinized from French attentat, from Latin attentātum, attemptātum (“attempt; attempted crime”), derived from attentō, attemptō. May have been reinterpreted as a complex noun, with the second component being Tat (“deed, act, crime”).

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