assassinate
[uh-sas-uh-neyt]
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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.
Origin of assassinate
Synonyms for assassinate
1. slay.
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Gin you met this ganglin' assassinator, wha'd be for maister?
I 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
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