assassinate
verb (used with object)
to kill suddenly or secretively, especially a prominent person; murder premeditatedly and treacherously.
were assassinating
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past progressiveof assassinate.past progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or continuous state that was happening at a specific time in the past.
Example Sentences
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They did not appreciate that they were assassinating Gothic art, and that after some centuries we would have to revert to the art of the Greeks and Romans.
From Musical Memories by Edwin Gile Rich
