to assassinate
21assassinate — transitive verb ( nated; nating) Date: 1607 1. to injure or destroy unexpectedly and treacherously 2. to murder (a usually prominent person) by sudden or secret attack often for political reasons Synonyms: see kill • assassination …
22assassinate — verb a) To murder someone, especially an important person, by a sudden or obscure attack, especially for ideological or political reasons. b) To harm, ruin, or defame severely or destroy by treachery, slander, libel, or obscure attack. See Also:… …
23assassinate — I (Roget s IV) v. Syn. kill, slay, slaughter, do in*; see kill 1 . See Synonym Study at kill . II (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) v. kill, slay, execute, gun down, *hit, *liquidate. see murder …
24assassinate — as|sas|si|nate [ ə sæsı,neıt ] verb transitive to kill a famous or important person, especially for political reasons or for payment …
25assassinate — as sas·si·nate || neɪt v. intentionally murder someone …
26assassinate — verb murder (a political or religious leader). Derivatives assassination noun …
27assassinate — v. a. Kill (by secret assault), murder, slay, despatch, murderously assail or assault …
28assassinate — v 1. kill, slay, morganize, poison, do to death, liquidate, blot or wipe out, put an end to, get rid of, do away with, put away, put out of the way, silence, dispatch, finish, finish off, do for, fix, settle, lay [s.o.] out, lay [s.o.] low, Inf.… …
29assassinate — verb Syn: murder, kill, eliminate, liquidate, execute; N.Amer. terminate; informal hit …
30assassinate — [əˈsæsɪˌneɪt] verb [T] to kill an important person deliberately assassination [əˌsæsɪˈneɪʃ(ə)n] noun [C/U] …
