assassinate
[ uh-sas-uh-neyt ]
/ əˈsæs əˌneɪt /
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verb (used with object), as·sas·si·nat·ed, as·sas·si·nat·ing.
to kill suddenly or secretively, especially a politically prominent person; murder premeditatedly and treacherously.
to destroy or harm treacherously and viciously: to assassinate a person's character.
Nearby words
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SYNONYMS FOR assassinate
1 slay.
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Examples from the Web for assassinator
Gin you met this ganglin' assassinator, wha'd be for maister?
The Best Short Stories of 1917|VariousI think that the firing that was done could have been done with the type gun that they say the assassinator used.
Warren Commission (6 of 26): Hearings Vol. VI (of 15)|The President's Commission on the Assassination of President Kennedy
British Dictionary definitions for assassinator
assassinate
/ (əˈsæsɪˌneɪt) /
verb (tr)
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 Formsassassination, noun
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Word Origin and History for assassinator
assassinate
1610s, from past participle stem of Medieval Latin assassinare (see assassin). Of reputations, characters, etc., from 1620s. Related: Assassinated; assassinating.
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