assassinate

Speech parts

1. assassinate - Noun

2. assassinate - Verb

Meaning

To kill by surprise or secret assault; to murder by treacherous violence.

To assail with murderous intent; hence, by extended meaning, to maltreat exceedingly.

An assassination, murder, or murderous assault.

An assassin.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

slay murder kill shoot eliminate execute liquidate do in burke lynch carry out butcher despatch hit ice
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Antonyms

amnesty free create release bear preserve
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Hypernyms

sully kill slander smear denigrate defame

Phrases with the word

assassinate someone's character

Derivatives

assassinated assassinating

Examples

He assassinated his enemy's character Source: Internet

Anwar Sadat was assassinated because many people did not like his peace politics with Israel Source: Internet

A comedy starring Hsiao Ho (Hsiao Hou) as a disillusioned boxer of the Magic Clan who is sent to assassinate the former leader of a powerful boxer clan who refuses to dupe his students into believing they are impervious to firearms. Source: Internet

Action Comics 890 (June 2010), DC Comics During the midst of the Brightest Day event, Deathstroke and his new team of Titans are hired to assassinate Luthor while he is visiting Midway City with Nava Mendelssohn, his new personal assistant and bodyguard. Source: Internet

Alleged conspiracies The Warren Commission found no evidence linking Ruby's killing of Oswald with any broader conspiracy to assassinate Kennedy. Source: Internet

A group of students had been planning to assassinate Alexander III on the sixth anniversary of his father's death at the Peter and Paul Cathedral in St. Petersburg. Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

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