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as·sas·si·nate
 assassinate
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- pronunciation:
sae
sih
neIt
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verb |
inflections: |
assassinates, assassinating, assassinated |
definition: |
to murder for pay or for political reasons.
John Wilkes Booth assassinated President Lincoln at Ford's Theatre in 1865.- similar words:
- dispatch, do away with, kill, knife, shoot, slay, stab, wipe out
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related words: |
execute, murder |
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derivations: |
assassination (n.), assassinator (n.) |
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