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- DictionaryAs·sas·si·nate/əˈsas(ə)nˌāt/
verb
- 1. murder (an important person) in a surprise attack for political or religious reasons: "the organization's leader had been assassinated four months before the coup"
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.
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)
Assassinate definition: to kill suddenly or secretively, especially a prominent person; murder premeditatedly and treacherously.. See examples of ASSASSINATE used in a sentence.
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). How to use assassination in a sentence.
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.
to murder (esp. a politically important or prominent person) by surprise attack, usually for payment or from zealous belief. 2. to harm or ruin (someone's reputation, etc.), as by slander, vilification, etc. SIMILAR WORDS: kill.
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. [1590–1600] as•sas`si•na′tion, n. as•sas′si•na`tor, n.
