assassinate

assassinate
əˈsæsɪneɪtсовершать убийство по политическим мотивам, вероломно убивать, совершать предательство

Англо-русский словарь экономических терминов. 2001.

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  • assassinate — assassinate, assassination 1. The traditional meaning of assassinate ‘to kill an important person for political reasons’ has been extended in recent times to include any person regarded by his or her killers as a political or sectarian target,… …   Modern English usage

  • Assassinate — As*sas sin*ate, 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. [1913 Webster] Help, neighbors, my house… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Assassinate — As*sas sin*ate, n. [F. assassinat.] 1. An assassination, murder, or murderous assault. [Obs.] [1913 Webster] If I had made an assassinate upon your father. B. Jonson. [1913 Webster] 2. An assassin. [Obs.] Dryden. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • assassinate — index dispatch (put to death), extinguish, kill (murder), slay Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …   Law dictionary

  • assassinate — (v.) 1610s, from pp. stem of M.L. assassinare (see ASSASSIN (Cf. assassin)). Of reputations, characters, etc., from 1620s. Related: Assassinated; assassinating …   Etymology dictionary

  • assassinate — murder, *kill, slay, dispatch, execute …   New Dictionary of Synonyms

  • assassinate — [v] murder prominent or important person bump off*, do in*, eliminate, execute, gun down, hit, kill, knock off*, liquidate, slaughter, slay; concept 252 …   New thesaurus

  • assassinate — ► VERB ▪ murder (a political or religious leader). DERIVATIVES assassination noun …   English terms dictionary

  • assassinate — [ə sas′ənāt΄] vt. assassinated, assassinating 1. to murder (esp. a politically important or prominent person) by surprise attack, usually for payment or from zealous belief 2. to harm or ruin (someone s reputation, etc.), as by slander,… …   English World dictionary

  • assassinate — verb VERB + ASSASSINATE ▪ attempt to, try to ▪ plan to, plot to ▪ He was executed in 1887 for plotting to assassinate the Tsar. PHRASES ▪ …   Collocations dictionary

  • assassinate — UK [əˈsæsɪneɪt] / US [əˈsæsɪˌneɪt] verb [transitive] Word forms assassinate : present tense I/you/we/they assassinate he/she/it assassinates present participle assassinating past tense assassinated past participle assassinated to kill a famous or …   English dictionary


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