assassinateverb [ T ]
uk/əˈsæs.ɪ.neɪt/us/əˈsæs.ə.neɪt/to kill someone famous or important:
a plot to assassinate the president
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Murder & attempted murder
- assassination
- attempt
- blow sb away
- blow sb's brains out idiom
- bump
- bump sb off
- dispatch
- lynch law
- manslaughter
- martyr
- martyred
- mass murder
- necklace
- poison
- slain
- slay
- slaying
- slew 1
- snuff sb out
- throttle
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