| VERB | social | assassinate | murder |
|---|---|---|---|
| communication | assassinate | destroy or damage seriously, as of someone's reputation |
| Sounds | ahsae'sahney.t | |
|---|---|---|
| Rhymes | abate ... welterweight: 559 rhymes with eyt... | |
| Meaning | murder; especially of socially prominent persons. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Somebody ----s somebody | |
| Example | "Anwar Sadat was assassinated because many people did not like his peace politics with Israel" | |
| Broader | kill | Cause to die |
| Spanish | asesinar | |
| Catalan | assassinar | |
| Nouns | assassin, assassinator | a murderer (especially one who kills a prominent political figure) who kills by a surprise attack and often is hired to do the deed |
| assassination | murder of a public figure by surprise attack | |
| Meaning | Destroy or damage seriously, as of someone's reputation. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s somebody; Something ----s somebody; Something ----s something | |
| Example | "He assassinated his enemy's character" | |
| Broader | defame, slander, smirch, asperse, denigrate, calumniate, smear, sully, besmirch | Charge falsely / falsely or with malicious intent |
| Nouns | assassination | an attack intended to ruin someone's reputation |
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