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assassinate

verb

Synonyms and Antonyms of assassinate

to put to death deliberately
  • Marat was assassinated by Charlotte Corday.
Synonyms of assassinate

bump off, croak [slang], dispatch, do in, execute, get, liquidate, murder, rub out, slay, terminate
Words Related to assassinate

blow away, shoot, shoot down

blot out, carry off, claim, cut down, destroy, fell, kill, smite, zap

butcher, massacre, mow (down), slaughter

annihilate, eliminate, eradicate, exterminate, wipe out
Phrases Synonymous with assassinate

do away with
Near Antonyms of assassinate

animate, raise, restore, resurrect, resuscitate, revive

Synonym Discussion of assassinate

kill, slay, murder, assassinate, dispatch, execute mean to deprive of life. kill merely states the fact of death caused by an agency in any manner.
    • killed in an accident
    • frost killed the plants
slay is a chiefly literary term implying deliberateness and violence but not necessarily motive.
    • slew thousands of the Philistines
murder specifically implies stealth and motive and premeditation and therefore full moral responsibility.
    • convicted of murdering a rival
assassinate applies to deliberate killing openly or secretly often for political motives.
    • terrorists assassinated the Senator
dispatch stresses quickness and directness in putting to death.
    • dispatched the sentry with one bullet
execute stresses putting to death as a legal penalty.
    • executed by lethal gas

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