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Definition of assassinated :
of Assassinate
Synonyms:
killed (part of speech: verb)
killed, sacrificed, executed, drowned, hanged, purged, dispatched, smitten, eliminated, smote, asphyxiated, murdered, done away with, done in, slain, suffocated, liquidated, slew, removed, snuffed, massacred, strangled, put to sleep, butchered, iced, exterminated, chilled, did away with, smothered, slaughtered, did in
Usage examples:
- Two years later her husband died in her arms, assassinated, in a back room of the Opera House in Paris. - "The Last Hope", Henry Seton Merriman.
- Towards the close of the reign he set an example which became a rule of the Mughal dynasty, that of trying to establish himself in the lifetime of his father, whose dearest friend, Abulfazl, he had caused to be assassinated. - "Rulers of India: Akbar", George Bruce Malleson.
- " I shall not seek to have you assassinated," Anna said; " do not suppose that I mean the knife or the pistol. - "The Complete Project Gutenberg Works of George Meredith", George Meredith.
