Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary - assassinate
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Assassinate
assassinate
transitive verb (-nated; -nating) Date: 1607 1. to injure or destroy unexpectedly and treacherously 2. to murder (a usually prominent person) by sudden or secret attack often for political reasons Synonyms: see kill • assassination noun • assassinator noun
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1.
v.tr. kill (esp. a political or religious leader) for political or religious motives. Derivatives assassination n. assassinator n. Etymology: med.L assassinare f. assassinus: see ASSASSIN ...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
2.
гл. совершать убийство по политическим мотивам, вероломно убивать, совершать предательство ...Англо-русский Русско-английский экономический словарь
3.
1. убивать политических или общественных деятелей (по идейным мотивам или за деньги) President Kennedy was assassinated in Dallas —- президент Кеннеди был убит в Далласе 2. (преднамеренно) подрывать, губить to assassinate smb.'s character —- погубить чье-либо честное имя, подорвать репутацию ...Новый большой англо-русский словарь
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5.
(assassinates, assassinating, assassinated) When someone important is assassinated, they are murdered as a political act. Would the USA be radically different today if Kennedy had not been assassinated?... The plot to assassinate Martin Luther King had started long before he was actually killed. VERB: be V-ed, V n • assassination (assassinations) She would like an investigation into the assassination of her husband... He lives in constant fear of assassination. N-VAR: oft N of n, N n ...Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
6.
~ v to murder an important person (a plot to assassinate the President) (- see kill1) ...Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
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