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assassinate

verb
verb
BrE BrE//əˈsæsɪneɪt//
; NAmE NAmE//əˈsæsəneɪt//
Verb Forms present simple I / you / we / they assassinate
BrE BrE//əˈsæsɪneɪt//
; NAmE NAmE//əˈsæsəneɪt//
 he / she / it assassinates
BrE BrE//əˈsæsɪneɪts//
; NAmE NAmE//əˈsæsəneɪts//
 past simple assassinated
BrE BrE//əˈsæsɪneɪtɪd//
; NAmE NAmE//əˈsæsəneɪtɪd//
 past participle assassinated
BrE BrE//əˈsæsɪneɪtɪd//
; NAmE NAmE//əˈsæsəneɪtɪd//
 -ing form assassinating
BrE BrE//əˈsæsɪneɪtɪŋ//
; NAmE NAmE//əˈsæsəneɪtɪŋ//
 Terrorism
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[often passive] assassinate somebody to murder an important or famous person, especially for political reasons The prime minister was assassinated by extremists. a plot to assassinate the president Wordfinderattackalert, assassinate, attack, campaign, execute, extremist, hijack, hostage, kidnap, terrorism Oxford Collocations Dictionary verb + assassinateattempt to, try to, plan to, … phrasesan attempt to assassinate somebody, a plot to assassinate somebody See full entry See related entries: Terrorism Word Originearly 17th cent.: from medieval Latin assassinat- ‘killed’, from the verb assassinare, from assassinus, from Arabic ḥašīšī ‘hashish-eater’.
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