Assassinate

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • v. To murder (a prominent person) by surprise attack, as for political reasons.
  • v. To destroy or injure treacherously: assassinate a rival's character.
    • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • v. To harm, ruin, or defame severely or destroy by treachery, slander, libel, or obscure attack.
  • n. Assassination, murder.
  • n. An assassin.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • v. To kill by surprise or secret assault; to murder by treacherous violence.
  • v. To assail with murderous intent; hence, by extended meaning, to maltreat exceedingly.
  • n. An assassination, murder, or murderous assault.
  • n. An assassin.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • To kill or attempt to kill by surprise or secret assault; murder by sudden or treacherous violence.
  • To assault; maltreat.
  • Figuratively, to blight or destroy treacherously; overthrow by foul or unfair means: as, to assassinate a person's character or reputation.
  • To commit murder by assassination.
  • n. Assassination; murderous assault.
  • n. An assassin.
    • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • v. murder; especially of socially prominent persons
  • v. destroy or damage seriously, as of someone's reputation
    • Verb Form
    assassinated    assassinates    assassinating   
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    kill    asperse    smear    smirch    sully   
    Cross Reference
    murder    article    regicide    http    wikipedia   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    murder    kill    slay    assassin    remove   
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    fascinate   
     
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