Assassinate
[ə'sæsɪneɪt] or [ə'sæsn'et]
Definition
(verb.) destroy or damage seriously, as of someone's reputation; 'He assassinated his enemy's character'.
(verb.) murder; especially of socially prominent persons; 'Anwar Sadat was assassinated because many people did not like his peace politics with Israel'.
Editor: Nicolas--From WordNet
Definition
(v. t.) To kill by surprise or secret assault; to murder by treacherous violence.
(v. t.) To assail with murderous intent; hence, by extended meaning, to maltreat exceedingly.
(n.) An assassination, murder, or murderous assault.
(n.) An assassin.
Checker: Marty
Synonyms and Synonymous
v. a. Kill (by secret assault), murder, slay, despatch.
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Examples
- I think I should assassinate him, Bob. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- And also to do away with me you have to assassinate me and, for this, you have not _cojones_. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- He sent swift messengers to assassinate the old man before he could hear of his son's death! H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- That is to assassinate. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- And if they are unable to expel him, or to get him condemned to death by a public accusation, they conspire to assassinate him. Plato. The Republic.
- It was built by Jean Sans-Peur, Duke of Burgundy, to set his conscience at rest--he had assassinated the Duke of Orleans. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- There is little doubt that he would have been assassinated if he had attempted to travel openly throughout his journey. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- Finally (44 B.C.) he was assassinated by a group of his own friends and supporters, to whom these divine aspirations had become intolerable. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- He was assassinated. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- We necessarily visited the Forum, where Caesar was assassinated, and also the Tarpeian Rock. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- They are not assassinated. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- That somebody was assassinated by somebody vindicating a difference of opinion was the likeliest occurrence. Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
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