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assassinate

1. [söz] убивать [Umumy]

assassinate

v. t. [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. ()

Your rhymes assassinate our fame. (Dryden.)

Such usage as your honorable lords Afford me, assassinated and betrayed. (Milton.)

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n. [F. assassinat.]1. An assassination, murder, or murderous assault. ()

If I had made an assassinate upon your father. (B. Jonson.)

2. An assassin. (Dryden.)