assassinate

as·sas·si·nate

A0470400 (ə-săs′ə-nāt′)tr.v. as·sas·si·nat·ed, as·sas·si·nat·ing, as·sas·si·nates 1. To murder (a prominent person) by surprise attack, as for political reasons.2. To destroy or injure treacherously: assassinate a rival's character.

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as·sas′si·na′tion n.as·sas′si·na′tive adj.as·sas′si·na′tor n.

assassinate

(əˈsæsɪˌneɪt) vb (tr) 1. to murder (a person, esp a public or political figure), usually by a surprise attack2. to ruin or harm (a person's reputation, etc) by slander asˌsassiˈnation n

as•sas•si•nate

(əˈsæs əˌneɪt)

v.t. -nat•ed, -nat•ing. 1. to kill suddenly or secretively, esp. to murder a politically prominent person. 2. to destroy or harm treacherously and viciously: to assassinate a person's character. [1590–1600] as•sas`si•na′tion, n. as•sas′si•na`tor, n.

assassinate

Past participle: assassinated
Gerund: assassinating

Imperative
assassinate
assassinate

Present
I assassinate
you assassinate
he/she/it assassinates
we assassinate
you assassinate
they assassinate

Preterite
I assassinated
you assassinated
he/she/it assassinated
we assassinated
you assassinated
they assassinated

Present Continuous
I am assassinating
you are assassinating
he/she/it is assassinating
we are assassinating
you are assassinating
they are assassinating

Present Perfect
I have assassinated
you have assassinated
he/she/it has assassinated
we have assassinated
you have assassinated
they have assassinated

Past Continuous
I was assassinating
you were assassinating
he/she/it was assassinating
we were assassinating
you were assassinating
they were assassinating

Past Perfect
I had assassinated
you had assassinated
he/she/it had assassinated
we had assassinated
you had assassinated
they had assassinated

Future
I will assassinate
you will assassinate
he/she/it will assassinate
we will assassinate
you will assassinate
they will assassinate

Future Perfect
I will have assassinated
you will have assassinated
he/she/it will have assassinated
we will have assassinated
you will have assassinated
they will have assassinated

Future Continuous
I will be assassinating
you will be assassinating
he/she/it will be assassinating
we will be assassinating
you will be assassinating
they will be assassinating

Present Perfect Continuous
I have been assassinating
you have been assassinating
he/she/it has been assassinating
we have been assassinating
you have been assassinating
they have been assassinating

Future Perfect Continuous
I will have been assassinating
you will have been assassinating
he/she/it will have been assassinating
we will have been assassinating
you will have been assassinating
they will have been assassinating

Past Perfect Continuous
I had been assassinating
you had been assassinating
he/she/it had been assassinating
we had been assassinating
you had been assassinating
they had been assassinating

Conditional
I would assassinate
you would assassinate
he/she/it would assassinate
we would assassinate
you would assassinate
they would assassinate

Past Conditional
I would have assassinated
you would have assassinated
he/she/it would have assassinated
we would have assassinated
you would have assassinated
they would have assassinated

Thesaurus

Verb	1.	assassinate - murder; especially of socially prominent persons; "Anwar Sadat was assassinated because many people did not like his peace politics with Israel"kill - cause to die; put to death, usually intentionally or knowingly; "This man killed several people when he tried to rob a bank"; "The farmer killed a pig for the holidays"
	2.	assassinate - destroy or damage seriously, as of someone's reputation; "He assassinated his enemy's character"asperse, besmirch, calumniate, defame, slander, smirch, denigrate, sully, smear - charge falsely or with malicious intent; attack the good name and reputation of someone; "The journalists have defamed me!" "The article in the paper sullied my reputation"

assassinate

verb murder, kill, eliminate (slang), take out (slang), terminate, hit (slang), slay, blow away (slang, chiefly U.S.), liquidate a plot to assassinate the President

Translations

暗杀

assassinate

(əˈsӕsineit) verb to murder, especially for political reasons. The president was assassinated by terrorists. 暗殺 暗杀asˌsassiˈnation noun 暗殺 暗杀asˈsassin noun a person who assassinates. 暗殺者暗殺者，刺客 暗杀者，行刺者