assassinate
verb (used with object)
to kill suddenly or secretively, especially a prominent person; murder premeditatedly and treacherously.
assassinator
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a word derived from
assassinate.
Example Sentences
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"Mrs. Gettridge is a social assassinator belongs to a regular Mafia of mischief-makers and old cats—you know you used to care once."
From The Motormaniacs by Lloyd Osbourne
Damien, the attempted assassinator of Louis XV. in 1757.
From Critical and Historical Essays — Volume 1 by Thomas Babington Macaulay, Baron Macaulay
