assassinate

== English == === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /əˈsæsɪneɪt/ (General American) IPA(key): /əˈsæs(ə)nˌeɪt/ Hyphenation: as‧sas‧sin‧ate === Etymology 1 === From assassin +‎ -ate, after Middle French assassiner. ==== Verb ==== assassinate (third-person singular simple present assassinates, present participle assassinating, simple past and past participle assassinated) To murder someone, especially an important person, by a sudden or obscure attack, especially for ideological or political reasons. [from 17th c.] (figuratively) To harm, ruin, or defame severely or destroy by treachery, slander, libel, or obscure attack. ===== Derived terms ===== ===== Related terms ===== assassin assassination ===== Translations ===== === Etymology 2 === From assassin +‎ -ate (noun-forming suffix). ==== Noun ==== assassinate (plural assassinates) (obsolete) Assassination, murder. , originally Act II Scene II page 187 but Scene I in Gifford’s 1816 edition volume III pages 367–368 (obsolete) An assassin. ===== Translations ===== === See also === Assassination on Wikipedia.Wikipedia murder regicide == Italian == === Etymology 1 === ==== Verb ==== assassinate inflection of assassinare: second-person plural present indicative second-person plural imperative === Etymology 2 === ==== Participle ==== assassinate f pl feminine plural of assassinato