Assassinated
[ə'sæsɪneɪt]
Definition
(adj.) murdered by surprise attack for political reasons; 'the 20th century has seen too many assassinated leaders' .
Checker: Lorenzo--From WordNet
Definition
(imp. & p. p.) of Assassinate
Typist: Louis
Examples
- 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.
- But Lebon was assassinated and did not live to work out his ideas. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- William and Justine were assassinated, and the murderer escapes; he walks about the world free, and perhaps respected. Mary Shelley. Frankenstein_Or_The Modern Prometheus.
Typist: Louis