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/əsˈæsənˌeɪt/ Listen

verb

Assassinate v. t. (past & past part. assassinated; pres. part. assassinating)

To kill by surprise or secret assault; to murder by treacherous violence. "Help, neighbors, my house is broken open by force, and I am ravished, and like to be assassinated."

To assail with murderous intent; hence, by extended meaning, to maltreat exceedingly. (Archaic) "Your rhymes assassinate our fame." "Such usage as your honorable lords Afford me, assassinated and betrayed."

Synonyms: To kill; murder; slay. See Kill.

noun

Assassinate n.

An assassination, murder, or murderous assault. (Obs.) "If I had made an assassinate upon your father."

An assassin. (Obs.)

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"Assassinate" Quotes from Famous Books

... the king could not sleep, and after tossing awhile on his troubled couch, he called for the record of the court, and there found that Mordecai had a short time before informed him through the queen, of an attempt to assassinate him, and no reward been bestowed. The next day, therefore, he made Haman perform the humiliating office of leading his enemy in triumph through the streets, proclaiming before him: "This is the man whom the king delighteth to honor." ...

— Half Hours in Bible Lands, Volume 2 - Patriarchs, Kings, and Kingdoms • Rev. P. C. Headley

... in the cabarets by the men who had been present at Minette's denunciation that Jean Diantre had endeavored to assassinate the American, and much indignation was excited. Had he drawn a knife upon a fellow-workman over their wine, the matter would have excited but slight reprobation, but that he should have crept up in the dark to attempt to assassinate one who was a denouncer of tyrants, a representative ...

— A Girl of the Commune • George Alfred Henty

... your dispatch describing the man Clark, detailed to assassinate me. He had better be in a hurry, or he will be ...

— The Memoirs of General W. T. Sherman, Complete • William T. Sherman

... to assassinate Lincoln impelled him to come to Washington in disguise. He was inaugurated March 4, 1861, surrounded by troops under the command ...

— A Brief History of the United States • Barnes & Co.

... gone to consult with some of his Acquaintance how he should behave himself in this juncture: Some advis'd him to neglect it as a sham Challenge, whereby some of his Acquaintance being merry dispos'd had a mind to divert themselves; others judg'd it might be a Design to Assassinate him upon account of some old Grudge now worn out of his Memory; in conclusion, 'twas order'd that he should present himself at the Place mention'd in the Challenge, and in case it was a real Thing, and that he escap'd ...

— Memoirs of Major Alexander Ramkins (1718) • Daniel Defoe

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