assassinate : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: assassinate	by the DICT Development Group
3 results for assassinate
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
assassinate v murder; especially of socially prominent persons; "Anwar Sadat was assassinated because many people did not like his peace politics with Israel" destroy or damage seriously, as of someone's reputation; "He assassinated his enemy's character"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Assassinate \Assas"sinate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Assassinated}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Assassinating}.] [LL. assassinatus, p. p. of assassinare.] 1. To kill by surprise or secret assault; to murder by treacherous violence. Help, neighbors, my house is broken open by force, and I am ravished, and like to be assassinated. --Dryden. 2. To assail with murderous intent; hence, by extended meaning, to maltreat exceedingly. [Archaic] Your rhymes assassinate our fame. --Dryden. Such usage as your honorable lords Afford me, assassinated and betrayed. --Milton. Syn: To kill; murder; slay. See {Kill}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Assassinate \Assas"sinate\, n. [F. assassinat.] 1. An assassination, murder, or murderous assault. [Obs.] If I had made an assassinate upon your father. --B. Jonson. 2. An assassin. [Obs.] --Dryden.