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1. (v.t.) assassinate
to kill suddenly or secretively, esp. to murder a politically prominent person.
2. assassinate
to destroy or harm treacherously and viciously:
to assassinate a person's character.
Etymology: (1590–1600)
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| Definition of 'assassinate' |
Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (verb) assassinate
murder; especially of socially prominent persons
"Anwar Sadat was assassinated because many people did not like his peace politics with Israel"
2. (verb) assassinate
destroy or damage seriously, as of someone's reputation
"He assassinated his enemy's character"
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1. (verb) assassinate
to kill an important person
to assassinate the President
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| Definition of 'assassinate' |
Webster Dictionary |
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1. (noun) assassinate
an assassination, murder, or murderous assault
2. (noun) assassinate
an assassin
3. (verb) assassinate
to kill by surprise or secret assault; to murder by treacherous violence
4. (verb) assassinate
to assail with murderous intent; hence, by extended meaning, to maltreat exceedingly
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Sense: to murder, especially for political reasons
The president was assassinated by terrorists.
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 Afrikaans: vermoor |
 Arabic: يَغْتال، يَقْتُل غَدْراً |
 Bulgarian: убивам |
 Brazilian: assassinar |
 Czech: zavraždit (úkladně) |
 German: (bei einem Attentat) ermo |
 Danish: snigmyrde |
 Greek: δολοφονώ (για πολιτικούς |
 Spanish: asesinar |
 Estonian: reetlikult tapma |
 Farsi: کشتن؛ ترور کردن |
 Finnish: murhata |
 French: assassiner |
 Hebrew: לְהִתְנָקֵש |
 Hindi: हत्या करना |
 Croatian: izvršiti atentat |
 Hungarian: orvul meggyilkol |
 Indonesian: membunuh |
 Icelandic: (laun)myrða |
 Italian: assassinare |
 Japanese: 暗殺する |
 Korean: 암살하다 |
 Lithuanian: nužudyti |
 Latvian: noslepkavot |
 Malay: membunuh |
 Dutch: vermoorden |
 Norwegian: (snik)myrde |
 Polish: dokonać zamachu |
 Persian: کشتن؛ ترور کردن |
 Pashto: مړکول، ترور کول |
 Portuguese: assassinar |
 Romanian: a asasina |
 Russian: убивать (по политическим |
 Slovak: zavraždiť |
 Slovenian: umoriti |
 Serbian: izvršiti atentat |
 Swedish: lönnmörda |
 Thai: ลอบสังหาร |
 Turkish: suikast yapmak |
 Taiwanese: 暗殺 |
 Ukrainian: чинити вбивство з політич |
 Urdu: قتل کرنا ، ہلاک کرنا |
 Vietnamese: ám sát |
 Chinese: 暗杀 |
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