| 单词 | assassinate |
| 释义 | assassinate (once / 502 pages) v To assassinate someone means to target and deliberately kill that person. The word assassinate is almost always used to describe the killing of a famous person. When a political leader or very well-known person is murdered, the killer is said to assassinate the victim. A killer might assassinate someone for political or ideological reasons, to gain fame for the act, or possibly for payment by someone else. You can assassinate figuratively, as well, by damaging a person's good name: "If you print that story, it will assassinate my reputation." The Arabic root of assassin is hashishiyyin, "hashish users." WORD FAMILYassassinate: assassinated, assassinates, assassinating, assassination, assassinator+/assassin: assassinate, assassins/assassination: assassinations/assassinator: assassinators USAGE EXAMPLESKing Saud was deposed in 1964 and replaced by his brother King Faisal, who, in turn, was assassinated by a nephew. New York Times(Dec 27, 2016) Aden’s governor and security chief were assassinated last year. Seattle Times(Dec 23, 2016) He was 18 when his father was assassinated while serving as president of the American University of Beirut in 1984. New York Times(Dec 22, 2016) 1v murder; especially of socially prominent persons Anwar Sadat was assassinated because many people did not like his peace politics with Israel Hyper kill cause to die; put to death, usually intentionally or knowingly 2v destroy or damage seriously, as of someone's reputation He assassinated his enemy's character Hyper asperse, besmirch, calumniate, defame, denigrate, slander, smear, smirch, sully charge falsely or with malicious intent; attack the good name and reputation of someone |
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