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Word: Assassinate
Speech Type: Verb
Etymology:
early 17th century: from medieval Latin assassinat- ‘killed’, from the verb assassinare, from assassinus (see assassin)
Audio Pronunciation:
Phonetic Spelling:
əˈsasɪneɪt
Dialects: British English
Definition:
murder (an important person) for political or religious reasons
Short Definition:murder important person for political or religious reasons
Examples:- the organization's leader had been assassinated four months before the coup
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