assassinate

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  1. transitive verb To murder (a prominent person) by surprise attack, as for political reasons.
  2. transitive verb To destroy or injure treacherously: assassinate a rival's character.

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  • He said the court interpreted 'fix up' as an alleged direction to assassinate, and ordered his execution.
  • You think it's accurate to use the word assassinate in what the - Regardless of the heavy criticism, doesn't it diminish real assassinations when you throw up the word assassinate because Sarah Palin didn't like some of the questions she got in an interview? —  Latest Articles
  • Faith, it's so killing you are, you assassinate-- Murder's the word for you, Barney McGee! —  The Book of Humorous Verse
  • I'll look round, any way Between you and me,' said the editor, 'the chap I'm going to assassinate is a poet--a fellow named Markley. —  Elbow-Room A Novel Without a Plot
  • He has written many letters indicative of an intention to assassinate, and is now come up from Carlisle on foot, and has been walking opposite the Duke's house for three hours, having first written another letter of a threatening nature Lord Wynford wrote to Peel on the Duke of Cumberland's part; but the Duke will not exhibit articles of the peace. —  A Political Diary 1828-1830, Volume II
 

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  1. from Middle Latin assassinatus, past participle of assassinare: see assassin, v.
  2. from F. assassinat, assassination, from Middle Latin assassinatus, from assassinare: see assassinate, v.
 

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/əˈsæsɪneɪt/
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