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US
/əˈsæsəˌneɪt/
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[ UK /ɐsˈæsɪnˌeɪt/ ]
[ UK /ɐsˈæsɪnˌeɪt/ ]
VERB
-
destroy or damage seriously, as of someone's reputation
He assassinated his enemy's character -
murder; especially of socially prominent persons
Anwar Sadat was assassinated because many people did not like his peace politics with Israel
How To Use assassinate In A Sentence
- When in the following October the nobody met Katsu Kaishu, the enlightened commissioners of the shogun's navy, it might have been with intent to assassinate him.
- Not only was Mihailović collaborating with the enemy, Donovan also knew that Tito was convinced the Chetnik chief had fed the Nazis information to try to have him assassinated three months earlier. Wild Bill Donovan
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- He has accused opposition parties of hatching a plot to assassinate the Pope.
- He was assassinated the day after addressing a rally of striking sanitation workers in Memphis.
- It was on that vacation that Roosevelt coined the term "bully pulpit" and brushed aside concerns about his vacation safety so soon after his predecessor was assassinated. Msnbc.com: Top msnbc.com headlines
- Robert Kennedy front runner in the Democratic nomination when he was assassinated.
- ‘Operation Cobra’ sounds like a plot by undercover CIA operatives to assassinate a Central American despot, rather than the local constabulary's crackdown on car thieves.
- It occurred to him at that point that perhaps the halfbloods had missed an excellent chance to assassinate Dyran-all anyone would have had to do was to put on an illusion of fullblood- The Elvenbane
- He has accused opposition parties of hatching a plot to assassinate the Pope.