| Part of Speech | Definition | |
| Verb | 1. To kill, slay, slew, liquidate or murder.
[Eve - graph theoretic] 2. To shoot or veer.[Eve - graph theoretic] 3. Present participle conjugation of the verb assassinate.[Eve - graph theoretic] | |
| Verb Base (assassinate) | 1. Murder; especially of socially prominent persons; "Anwar Sadat was assassinated because many people did not like his peace politics with Israel".[Wordnet]. 2. Destroy or damage seriously, as of someone's reputation; "He assassinated his enemy's character".[Wordnet]. 3. To kill by surprise or secret assault; to murder by treacherous violence.[Websters]. 4. To assail with murderous intent; hence, by extended meaning, to maltreat exceedingly.[Websters]. 5. Base verb from the following inflections: assassinating, assassinated, assassinates, assassinator, assassinators, assassinatingly and assassinatedly.[Eve - graph theoretic] | |
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Date "ASSASSINATING" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1696. (references) |
Specialty Definition: ASSASSINATING
| Domain | Definition | ||
| Noah Webster | [Verb] Murdering by surprise or secret assault.. Source: Webster's 1828 American Dictionary. | ||
| Wiktionary | [Verb] Present participle of assassinate. (references) | ||
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Common Expressions: assassinate
| Expressions | Definition | ||
| Orders to Assassinate Lupin | Orders to Assassinate Lupin ("Rupan Ansatsu Shirei," in its original Japanese) was the fifth in a series of feature-length television specials created in the animated series Lupin III. (references) | ||
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| Orders to Assassinate Lupin | 39 | Orders to Assassinate Lupin | 39 | |
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