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View usage for: (əsæsɪneɪt) Word forms: 3rd person singular presenttense assassinates, present participle assassinating, past tense, past participle assassinatedverbWhen someone important is assassinated, they are murdered as a political act. Would the U.S.A. be radically different today if Kennedy had not been assassinated? [be VERB-ed] The plot to assassinate Martin Luther King had started long before he was actuallykilled. [VERB noun] kill Synonyms: murder, kill, eliminate [slang], take out [slang] More Synonyms of assassinate assassination (əsæsɪneɪʃən)Word forms: plural assassinations variable noun [NOUN noun] She would like an investigation into the assassination of her husband. [+ of] He lives in constant fear of assassination. ...an assassination plot. Synonyms: murder, killing, slaughter, purge More Synonyms of assassinate assassinate in British English (əˈsæsɪˌneɪt) verb (transitive)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 Derived forms assassination (asˌsassiˈnation) noun assassinate in American English (əˈsæsənˌeɪt) verb transitiveWord forms: asˈsassiˌnated or asˈsassiˌnating1. 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, vilification, etc. SIMILAR WORDS: kill Derived forms assassination (asˌsassiˈnation) noun Synonyms of 'assassinate'murder, kill, eliminate, take out More Synonyms of assassinate In other languagesassassinate British English: assassinate VERB When someone important is assassinated, they are murdered as a political act. The President was assassinated. - American English: assassinate
- Brazilian Portuguese: assassinar
- Chinese: > 刺杀因政治原因而
- European Spanish: asesinar
- French: assassiner
- German: ermorden
- Italian: assassinare
- Japanese: 暗殺する
- Korean: 암살당하다
- European Portuguese: assassinar
- Latin American Spanish: asesinar
Chinese translation of 'assassinate'Definition to murder (a prominent person) a plot to assassinate the President Synonyms take out (slang) terminate hit (slang) blow away (slang, mainly US) Additional synonymsDefinition to murder in cold blood The colonel announced that the opposition had been eliminated. Synonyms murder, kill, do in (slang), take out (slang), terminate, slay, blow away (slang, US), liquidate, annihilate, exterminate, bump off (slang), rub out (US, slang), waste (informal) Definition to cause the death of (a person or animal) More than 200 people were killed in the disaster. Synonyms slay, murder, execute, slaughter, destroy, waste (informal), do in (slang), take out (slang), massacre, butcher, wipe out (informal), dispatch, cut down, erase, assassinate, eradicate, whack (informal), do away with, blow away (slang, US), obliterate, knock off (slang), liquidate, decimate, annihilate, neutralize, exterminate, terminate (slang), croak, mow down, take (someone's) life, bump off (slang), extirpate (archaic), wipe from the face of the earth (informal) Definition to eliminate or kill They have not hesitated in the past to liquidate their rivals. Synonyms kill, murder, remove, destroy, do in (slang), silence, eliminate (slang), take out (slang), get rid of, wipe out (informal), dispatch, finish off, do away with, blow away (slang, US), annihilate, exterminate, bump off (slang), rub out (US, slang) |