ASSASSINATE

assassinate. Assassinate, v.t. to murder by secret assault

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As‐sas″sin‐ate (�), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Assassinated (�); p. pr. & vb. n. Assassinating (�).] [[LL. assassinatus, p. p. of assassinare.]] 1. 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. 2. To assail with murderous intent; hence, by extended meaning, to maltreat exceedingly.
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.