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as·sas·si·nate    Audio Help   [uh-sas-uh-neyt] Pronunciation Key
–verb (used with object), -nat·ed, -nat·ing.
1.to kill suddenly or secretively, esp. 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]

—Related forms
as·sas·si·na·tion, noun
as·sas·si·na·tive, adjective
as·sas·si·na·tor, noun

—Synonyms 1. slay.
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