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assassinate
[ uh-sas-uh-neyt ]
verb (used with object)
- to kill suddenly or secretively, especially a prominent person; murder premeditatedly and treacherously.
Synonyms:
- to destroy or harm treacherously and viciously:
to assassinate a person's character.
assassinate
/ əˈæɪˌԱɪ /
verb
- to murder (a person, esp a public or political figure), usually by a surprise attack
- to ruin or harm (a person's reputation, etc) by slander
Derived Forms
- ˌˈԲپDz, noun
Other Word Forms
- ···Բ·پDz [uh, -sas-, uh, -, ney, -sh, uh, n] noun
- ···Բ·پ adjective
- ···Բ·ٴǰ noun
- ܲ····Բ· adjective
Word History and Origins
Origin of assassinate1
Example Sentences
Robert F. Kennedy was assassinated shortly after midnight on June 5, 1968, at the Ambassador Hotel in Los Angeles after celebrating his victory in the California presidential primary.
“It was the first, and will hopefully be the last, Super Bowl halftime show orchestrated to assassinate the character of another artist,” the complaint continued.
A high school student from Wisconsin killed his parents as part of a larger plot to assassinate US President Donald Trump, the FBI has said.
The group's top leaders were assassinated, many of its fighters killed and much of its arsenal destroyed.
Another social media user also threatened to “personally make sure” that a prosecutor in Young Thug’s case “is assassinated,” according to another screenshot.
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