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assassinate

[ uh-sas-uh-neyt ]

verb (used with object)

assassinated, assassinating.
  1. to kill suddenly or secretively, especially a prominent person; murder premeditatedly and treacherously.

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  2. to destroy or harm treacherously and viciously:

    to assassinate a person's character.



assassinate

/ əˈæɪˌԱɪ /

verb

  1. to murder (a person, esp a public or political figure), usually by a surprise attack
  2. to ruin or harm (a person's reputation, etc) by slander
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

  • ˌˈԲپDz, noun
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Other yvlog Forms

  • ···Բ·پDz [uh, -sas-, uh, -, ney, -sh, uh, n] noun
  • ···Բ·پ adjective
  • ···Բ·ٴǰ noun
  • ܲ····Բ· adjective
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yvlog History and Origins

Origin of assassinate1

First recorded in 1590–1600; assassin + -ate 1
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The group's top leaders were assassinated, many of its fighters killed and much of its arsenal destroyed.

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Another social media user also threatened to “personally make sure” that a prosecutor in Young Thug’s case “is assassinated,” according to another screenshot.

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If Martin Luther King Jr. hadn’t been assassinated, might he have succeeded at marrying his anti-war and economic inequality work with the civil rights advocacy for which he remains famous?

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The alleged Indian plot to assassinate a separatist on US soil has not widely registered - only half of respondents are aware of it.

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When Robert Kennedy was assassinated in 1968, President Johnson cited Arthur Penn’s film “Bonnie and Clyde” as a potential cause of national violence, rather than a reflection of the national mood.

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