assassinate
1assassinate — assassinate, assassination 1. The traditional meaning of assassinate ‘to kill an important person for political reasons’ has been extended in recent times to include any person regarded by his or her killers as a political or sectarian target,… …
2Assassinate — As*sas sin*ate, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Assassinated}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Assassinating}.] [LL. assassinatus, p. p. of assassinare.] 1. To kill by surprise or secret assault; to murder by treacherous violence. [1913 Webster] Help, neighbors, my house… …
3Assassinate — As*sas sin*ate, n. [F. assassinat.] 1. An assassination, murder, or murderous assault. [Obs.] [1913 Webster] If I had made an assassinate upon your father. B. Jonson. [1913 Webster] 2. An assassin. [Obs.] Dryden. [1913 Webster] …
4assassinate — index dispatch (put to death), extinguish, kill (murder), slay Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …
5assassinate — (v.) 1610s, from pp. stem of M.L. assassinare (see ASSASSIN (Cf. assassin)). Of reputations, characters, etc., from 1620s. Related: Assassinated; assassinating …
6assassinate — murder, *kill, slay, dispatch, execute …
7assassinate — [v] murder prominent or important person bump off*, do in*, eliminate, execute, gun down, hit, kill, knock off*, liquidate, slaughter, slay; concept 252 …
8assassinate — ► VERB ▪ murder (a political or religious leader). DERIVATIVES assassination noun …
9assassinate — [ə sas′ənāt΄] vt. assassinated, assassinating 1. to murder (esp. a politically important or prominent person) by surprise attack, usually for payment or from zealous belief 2. to harm or ruin (someone s reputation, etc.), as by slander,… …
10assassinate — verb VERB + ASSASSINATE ▪ attempt to, try to ▪ plan to, plot to ▪ He was executed in 1887 for plotting to assassinate the Tsar. PHRASES ▪ …
