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Assassination

[uh-sas-uh-neyt] Origin

as·sas·si·nate

[uh-sas-uh-neyt]
verb (used with object), -nat·ed, -nat·ing.
1.
to kill suddenly or secretively, especially a politically prominent person; murder premeditatedly and treacherously.
2.
to destroy or harm treacherously and viciously: to assassinate a person's character.

Origin:
1590–1600; assassin + -ate1

as·sas·si·na·tion, noun
as·sas·si·na·tive, adjective
as·sas·si·na·tor, noun
coun·ter·as·sas·si·na·tion, noun
un·as·sas·si·nat·ed, adjective


1. slay.

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assassinate (əˈsæsɪˌneɪt)
 
vb
1.  to murder (a person, esp a public or political figure), usually by a surprise attack
2.  to ruin or harm (a person's reputation, etc) by slander
 
assassi'nation
 
n

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assassinate
1610s, from pp. stem of M.L. assassinare (see assassin). Of reputations, characters, etc., from 1620s.
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assassination
c.1600, noun of action from assassinate (q.v.).
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