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Assassinating

Assassinate \As*sas"sin*ate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Assassinated; p. pr. & vb. n. Assassinating.] [LL. assassinatus, p. p. of assassinare.]

  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. To assail with murderous intent; hence, by extended meaning, to maltreat exceedingly. [Archaic]

    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.

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assassinating

vb. (present participle of assassinate English)

Usage examples of "assassinating".

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He was no longer physically capable of assassinating both men himself.

By the time everyone agreed that a particular monster was well worth assassinating, the monster had far too much power and paranoia to leave any possibility of an assassination actually being carried out.

It was almost imperceptible motions of his eyes, fingers placed upon the lips, little assassinating smiles, which really did assassinate the disdained beauty.

Political killers, John, men or a man capable of assassinating a well-guarded politician or statesman for money.

That experience had gone on for weeks as she attempted to complete her assignment - assassinating a Klingon official called Gorloth, son of Poq.

Ziyal seemed green enough to do almost anything, like have a discussion about assassinating the Overseer underneath a security camera.

In fact, in the three years since one of the Fellowship had come close to assassinating Hal, the cabal had drawn its ranks even closer.

Hal had heard about the Pilgrim from a madman, learning the Fellowship's aspirations from the rogue member intent on assassinating him.