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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
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.
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 WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
assassinated
adj : murdered by surprise attack for political reasons; "the 20th
century has een too many assassinated leaders"
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