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verb
- 1. murder (an important person) for political or religious reasons: "the organization's leader had been assassinated four months before the coup"
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to murder a famous or important person, esp. for political reasons or in exchange for money: President Kennedy was assassinated in Dallas, Texas, in 1963. assassination. noun [ C/U ] us/əˌsæs·əˈneɪ·ʃən/ the assassination of John Lennon. (Definition of assassinate from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)
The meaning of ASSASSINATE is to murder (a usually prominent person) by sudden or secret attack often for political reasons. How to use assassinate in a sentence.
1. to kill suddenly or secretively, esp. to murder a politically prominent person. 2. to destroy or harm treacherously and viciously: to assassinate a person's character.
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.
Assassinate definition: to kill suddenly or secretively, especially a prominent person; murder premeditatedly and treacherously.. See examples of ASSASSINATE used in a sentence.
verb. When someone important is assassinated, they are murdered as a political act. Would the U.S.A. be radically different today if Kennedy had not been assassinated? [beVERB -ed] The plot to assassinate Martin Luther King had started long before he was actually killed. [VERB noun] kill.
The meaning of ASSASSINATION is murder by sudden or secret attack often for political reasons : the act or an instance of assassinating someone (such as a prominent political leader).
Definition of assassinate verb in Oxford Advanced American Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
To be attacked and wounded by an… 1.a. 1600–. transitive. To murder (a person, esp. prominent or famous person) in a planned attack, esp. with a political or ideological motive. Also: to murder (a person) on behalf of another, esp. as a hired or professional killer. 1600. Yet are they..ready to assassinate and murder princes.
ASSASSINATE meaning: to kill (someone, such as a famous or important person) usually for political reasons.
