Thesaurus: assassinate

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1. v. t. To kill by surprise or secret assault; to murder by treacherous violence.
2. v. t. To assail with murderous intent; hence, by extended meaning, to maltreat exceedingly.
3. n. An assassination, murder, or murderous assault.
4. n. An assassin.
5. v. murder; especially of socially prominent persons
6. v. destroy or damage seriously, as of someone's reputation
7. 1. 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. Dryden. 2. To assail with murderous intent; hence, by extended meaning, to maltreat exceedingly. [Archaic] Your rhymes assassinate our fame. Dryden. Such usage as your honorable lords Afford me, assassinated and betrayed. Milton. Syn. -- To kill; murder; slay. See Kill. 1. An assassination, murder, or murderous assault. [Obs.] If I had made an assassinate upon your father. B. Jonson. 2. An assassin. [Obs.] Dryden.
8. v:100 v. murder; especially of socially prominent persons v. destroy or damage seriously, as of someone's reputation