Synonyms for assassinate
əˈsæs əˌneɪtas·sas·si·nate

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1. assassinate

   To kill is simply to deprive of life, human, animal, or vegetable, with no suggestion of how or why. Assassinate, execute, murder, apply only to the taking of human life; to murder is to kill with premeditation and malicious intent; to execute is to kill in fulfilment of a legal sentence; to assassinate is to kill by assault; this word is chiefly applied to the killing of public or eminent persons through alleged political motives, whether secretly or openly. To slay is to kill by a blow, or by a weapon. Butcher and slaughter apply primarily to the killing of cattle; massacre is applied primarily and almost exclusively to human beings, signifying to kill them indiscriminately in large numbers; to massacre is said when there is no chance of successful resistance; to butcher when the killing is especially brutal; soldiers mown down in a hopeless charge are said to be slaughtered when no brutality on the enemy's part is implied. To despatch is to kill swiftly and in general quietly, always with intention, with or without right.

   Synonyms:
   butcher, despatch, execute, kill, massacre, murder, put to death, slaughter, slay

   Preposition:
   To kill with or by sword, famine, pestilence, care, grief, etc.; killed for his money, by a robber, with a dagger.

Princeton's WordNet

1. assassinateverb

   murder; especially of socially prominent persons

   "Anwar Sadat was assassinated because many people did not like his peace politics with Israel"

2. assassinateverb

   destroy or damage seriously, as of someone's reputation

   "He assassinated his enemy's character"

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1. assassinateverb

   Synonyms:
   kill (by secret assault), murder, slay, despatch

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1. List of paraphrases for "assassinate":

   assassinates, assassination, assassinating, assassinated, murder, kill

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1. Malhaiko Senechal:

   When I heard the interpreter who was doing the interview with Radio Mega Mega, I immediately knew that I was in danger, in danger because these were men that came and assassinated Haitian President. If they can assassinate Haitian President and I am just a simple citizen -- well I was scared for my life.

2. Mitch McConnell:

   I'm confident that if activists claiming to be conservative tried to assassinate a politician, whatever his mental state,the media would open a 24/7 national conversation about rhetoric on the right.

3. Charles Grassley:

   Reportedly, the FBI even neglected to notify the relevant local police departments of these specific threats, which urged followers of the terrorist group to assassinate American citizens, these alleged failures are alarming, given the FBI’s stated commitment to ‘work closely with federal, state, and local partners to keep the public informed of potential threats.’.

4. An NYPD source:

   She clearly wants someone to go to the officer’s house and assassinate him in cold blood just like Ramos and Liu.

5. Kathy Griffin:

   You know, I was doing stand-up for so long, there was a time in the Bill Clinton days you could make fun of that Monica [Lewinsky] dress all day long and nobody thought you were a terrorist, but now, like, you said things have gotten not only politically incorrect but this administration and learned it firsthand because I got a call the next day from the Department of Justice and I was under a two-month federal investigation for conspiracy to assassinate the president of the United States.