单词	assassinating
释义	assassinate verb as·​sas·​si·​nate ə-ˈsa-sə-ˌnāt  assassinated; assassinating transitive verb 1 : to murder (a usually prominent person) by sudden or secret attack often for political reasons a plot to assassinate the governor 2 : to injure or destroy unexpectedly and treacherously assassinate a man's character assassinator ə-ˈsa-sə-ˌnā-tər  noun Synonyms bump off croak [slang] dispatch do in execute get ice [slang] knock off liquidate murder neutralize off [slang] put away rub out slay snuff take out terminate whack [slang] See all Synonyms & Antonyms Example Sentences They discovered a secret plot to assassinate the governor. President John F. Kennedy was assassinated in 1963. Recent Examples on the Web Iran also continues to foment trouble throughout the Middle East and attempt to assassinate former U.S. officials such as John Bolton and Iranian exiles who criticize the regime. The Editorial Board, WSJ, 29 Aug. 2022 In 1957, Genovese tried (and failed) to assassinate Costello, who was ultimately injured and attempted to retire from the mafia. Mark Heim | Mheim@al.com, al, 16 Aug. 2022 In 1957, Genovese tried (and failed) to assassinate Costello, who was ultimately injured and attempted to retire from the mafia. Rebecca Rubin, Variety, 16 Aug. 2022 In 2010, these Soros conspiracy theories drove a man to attempt to assassinate staff at a foundation that Beck had attacked for its associations with Soros. Melissa Gira Grant, The New Republic, 11 Aug. 2022 Biden’s desire to avoid civilian casualties, and the obvious lack of damage a conventional Hellfire warhead would inflict on a building, suggests the R-9X was used to assassinate al-Zawahiri. Kyle Mizokami, Popular Mechanics, 4 Aug. 2022 Phillips pointed to a 2011 plot to assassinate the Saudi Ambassador to the U.S. Georgetown neighborhood of Washington, D.C., noting that Iranian agents sought to partner with a Mexican drug cartel to carry out the plot on U.S. soil. Michael Lee, Fox News, 2 Aug. 2022 His Jihad Group initiated a series of plots in the early 1980s to assassinate Egyptian leaders and played a role in the slaying of Egyptian President Anwar Sadat on Oct. 6, 1981. Joby Warrick, Washington Post, 1 Aug. 2022 The agency is probing whether the suspect, federally charged with possession of a firearm that lacked a visible serial number, was there as part of a possible plot to neutralize or assassinate Masih Alinejad, two law enforcement sources said. Ken Dilanian, NBC News, 1 Aug. 2022 See More Word History Etymology see assassin First Known Use 1600, in the meaning defined at sense 1 Kids Definition assassinate verb as·​sas·​si·​nate ə-ˈsa-sə-ˌnāt assassinated; assassinating : to murder a usually important person by a surprise or secret attack assassinating verb present participle of assassinate as in murdering to put to death deliberately President Lincoln was assassinated by John Wilkes Booth Synonyms & Similar Words Relevance murdering executing slaying killing dispatching neutralizing destroying slaughtering getting shooting whacking liquidating snuffing terminating offing croaking taking out rubbing out putting away icing knocking off doing in bumping off massacring eliminating claiming eradicating butchering exterminating zapping smiting doing away with annihilating cutting down blowing away shooting down felling carrying off blotting out wiping out mowing (down) Antonyms & Near Antonyms reviving raising restoring resurrecting animating resuscitating
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