Synonyms for assassinate
Definitions
- v. 1
To murder someone, especially an important person, by a sudden or obscure attack, especially for ideological or political reasons.
- v. 2
To harm, ruin, or defame severely or destroy by treachery, slander, libel, or obscure attack.
He assassinated his rival's character.
Related words
- Word family
- assassinatee assassinator assassinatrix assassin assassination
Forms
- Past participle
- assassinated
e.g. assassinated → murdered, killed, slain, dispatched…
Example sentences
- kill He tried to kill himself because he lost her love.
- murder You don't have an alibi for the day of the murder.
- slay Stefan must slay the one-eyed monster.
By length
- 3 letters
- hit1
- 4 letters
- kill1, slay1
- 5 letters
- erase2
- 6 letters
- murder2, finish2
- 7 letters
- traduce
- 8 letters
- dispatch2, despatch, besmirch
- 9 letters
- eliminate4, slaughter2, liquidate3, denigrate3
- 10 letters
- annihilate4
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (erase2 = 2 syllables).
In other languages
- Français
- assassiner
- Italiano
- assassinare
- Català
- assassinar