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单词 assassinate
释义

assassinate

/əˈsasɪneɪt /
verb [with object]
Murder (an important person) for political or religious reasons: the organization’s leader had been assassinated four months before the coup...
  • Political opponents were assassinated, women were raped before being mutilated and killed.
  • It was the first time in modern history a Dutch political leader was assassinated.
  • Absolutely none of which is a reason to assassinate anyone.

Synonyms

murder, kill, execute, slaughter, butcher, liquidate, eliminate, exterminate, terminate
informal hit
literary slay

Derivatives

assassinator

noun

Origin

Early 17th century: from medieval Latin assassinat- 'killed', from the verb assassinare, from assassinus (see assassin).

Rhymes

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