Assassinate Definition

ə-săsə-nāt
assassinated, assassinates, assassinating
verb
To murder (a prominent person) by surprise attack, as for political reasons.
American Heritage
To murder (esp. a politically important or prominent person) by surprise attack, usually for payment or from zealous belief.
Webster's New World
To destroy or injure treacherously.
Assassinate a rival's character.
American Heritage
To harm or ruin (someone's reputation, etc.), as by slander, vilification, etc.
Webster's New World

To murder someone, especially an important person, by a sudden or obscure attack, especially for ideological or political reasons. [from 17th c.]

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noun

(obsolete) Assassination, murder.

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(obsolete) An assassin.

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Origin of Assassinate

  • From assassin +‎ -ate, after Middle French assassiner.

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Assassinate Sentence Examples

  • In 1887 he planned with some friends to assassinate Emperor Alexander III.

  • Soon after the Canudos affair a conspiracy was hatched to assassinate the president.

  • Clovis, however, persuaded Chloderic to assassinate his father, and then posed as Sigebert's avenger, with the result that Chloderic was himself assassinated and the Ripuarians raised Clovis on the shield and chose him as king.

  • It was instituted primarily as a precaution against the ever-present danger of a helot revolt, and secondarily perhaps as a training for young Spartans, who were sent out by the ephors to keep watch on the helots and assassinate any who might appear dangerous.

  • On the 13th of July 1874 the town was the scene of the attempt of the fanatic Kullmann to assassinate Prince Bismarck, to whom a statue has been erected.

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Words Starting With

AASASS

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ETEATE

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