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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 :   [ gcide ]

  Assassinate \As*sas"sin*ate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p.
     Assassinated; p. pr. & vb. n. Assassinating.] [LL.
     assassinatus, p. p. of assassinare.]
     1. To kill by surprise or secret assault; to murder by
        treacherous violence.
        [1913 Webster]
  
              Help, neighbors, my house is broken open by force,
              and I am ravished, and like to be assassinated.
                                                    --Dryden.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     2. To assail with murderous intent; hence, by extended
        meaning, to maltreat exceedingly. [Archaic]
        [1913 Webster]
  
              Your rhymes assassinate our fame.     --Dryden.
        [1913 Webster]
  
              Such usage as your honorable lords
              Afford me, assassinated and betrayed. --Milton.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     Syn: To kill; murder; slay. See Kill.
          [1913 Webster]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 :   [ gcide ]

  Assassinate \As*sas"sin*ate\, n. [F. assassinat.]
     1. An assassination, murder, or murderous assault. [Obs.]
        [1913 Webster]
  
              If I had made an assassinate upon your father. --B.
                                                    Jonson.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     2. An assassin. [Obs.] --Dryden.
        [1913 Webster]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) :   [ web1913 ]

  Assassinate \As*sas"sin*ate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p.
     Assassinated; p. pr. & vb. n. Assassinating.] [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. [Archaic]
  
              Your rhymes assassinate our fame.     --Dryden.
  
              Such usage as your honorable lords Afford me,
              assassinated and betrayed.            --Milton.
  
     Syn: To kill; murder; slay. See Kill.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) :   [ web1913 ]

  Assassinate \As*sas"sin*ate\, n. [F. assassinat.]
     1. An assassination, murder, or murderous assault. [Obs.]
  
              If I had made an assassinate upon your father. --B.
                                                    Jonson.
  
     2. An assassin. [Obs.] --Dryden.

From WordNet (r) 2.0 :   [ wn ]

  assassinate
       v 1: murder; especially of socially prominent persons; "Anwar
            Sadat was assassinated because many people did not like
            his peace politics with Israel"
       2: destroy or damage seriously, as of someone's reputation; "He
          assassinated his enemy's character"

From Greek Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-el-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  assassinate
     Αγγλικά vb.
     1 δολοφονώ κάποιον, ειδικά ένα σημαντικό πρόσωπο για ιδεολογικούς ή
  πολιτικούς λόγους
     2 (μτφρ) βλάπτω, καταστρέφω, δυσφημώ κάποιον

From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  assassinate
     n.
     1 (lb en obsolete) assassination, murder.
     2 (lb en obsolete) An assassin.
     vb.
     1 To murder someone, especially an important person, by a sudden or
  obscure attack, especially for ideological or political reasons. (from
  17th c.)
     2 (lb en figuratively) To harm, ruin, or defame severely or destroy
  by treachery, slander, libel, or obscure attack.

From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]

  assassinate
     n.
     1 (lb en obsolete) assassination, murder.
     2 (lb en obsolete) An assassin.
     vb.
     1 To murder someone, especially an important person, by a sudden or
  obscure attack, especially for ideological or political reasons. (from
  17th c.)
     2 (lb en figuratively) To harm, ruin, or defame severely or destroy
  by treachery, slander, libel, or obscure attack.

From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]

  assassinate
     n.
     1 (lb en obsolete) assassination, murder.
     2 (lb en obsolete) An assassin.
     vb.
     1 To murder someone, especially an important person, by a sudden or
  obscure attack, especially for ideological or political reasons. (from
  17th c.)
     2 (lb en figuratively) To harm, ruin, or defame severely or destroy
  by treachery, slander, libel, or obscure attack.

From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]

  assassinate
     n.
     1 (lb en obsolete) assassination, murder.
     2 (lb en obsolete) An assassin.
     vb.
     1 To murder someone, especially an important person, by a sudden or
  obscure attack, especially for ideological or political reasons. (from
  17th c.)
     2 (lb en figuratively) To harm, ruin, or defame severely or destroy
  by treachery, slander, libel, or obscure attack.

From Finnish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-fi-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  assassinate
     Englanti vb.
     murhata (''erit. poliittisista syistä'')

From Swedish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-sv-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  assassinate
     Engelska vb.
     lönnmörda

From English-Arabic FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.6.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ara ]

  Assassinate /ɐsˈasɪnˌeɪt/
  اغتل

From English-български език FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-bul ]

  assassinate //əˈsæs(ə)nˌeɪt// //əˈsæsɪneɪt// 
  убивам, умъртвявам
  to murder by sudden or obscure attack

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ces ]

  assassinate /ɐsˈasɪnˌeɪt/ 
  zavraždit

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ces ]

  assassinate /ɐsˈasɪnˌeɪt/ 
  úkladně zavraždit

From Eurfa Saesneg, English-Welsh Eurfa/Freedict dictionary ver. 0.2.3 :   [ freedict:eng-cym ]

  assassinate /ɐsˈasɪnˌeɪt/ 
  bradlofruddio 

From English - Modern Greek XDXF/FreeDict dictionary ver. 0.1.1 :   [ freedict:eng-ell ]

  assassinate /ɐsˈasɪnˌeɪt/
  
  δολοφονώ  (πολιτικό)

From English-suomi FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-fin ]

  assassinate //əˈsæs(ə)nˌeɪt// //əˈsæsɪneɪt// 
  murhata
  to murder by sudden or obscure attack

From English-Hindi FreeDict Dictionary ver. 1.6 :   [ freedict:eng-hin ]

  assassinate /ɐsˈasɪnˌeɪt/ 
  1. हत्या~करना
        "The prime minister was assassinated by terrorists ."

From English-Croatian FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.2.2 :   [ freedict:eng-hrv ]

  assassinate /ɐsˈasɪnˌeɪt/
  ubiti

From English-日本語 (にほんご) FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-jpn ]

  assassinate //əˈsæs(ə)nˌeɪt// //əˈsæsɪneɪt// 
  暗殺
  to murder by sudden or obscure attack

From English-Norsk FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-nor ]

  assassinate //əˈsæs(ə)nˌeɪt// //əˈsæsɪneɪt// 
  snikmyrde
  to murder by sudden or obscure attack

From English - Polish Piotrowski+Saloni/FreeDict dictionary ver. 0.2 :   [ freedict:eng-pol ]

  assassinate /əˈsæsɪneɪt/ 
    mordować

From English-Portuguese FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.3 :   [ freedict:eng-por ]

  assassinate /ɐsˈasɪnˌeɪt/ 
  assassinar

From English-Svenska FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-swe ]

  assassinate //əˈsæs(ə)nˌeɪt// //əˈsæsɪneɪt// 
  lönnmörda
  to murder by sudden or obscure attack

From English-Turkish FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.3 :   [ freedict:eng-tur ]

  assassinate /ɐsˈasɪnˌeɪt/
  1. suikast yapmak, alçakçasına adam öldürmek (özellikle siyasi kişileri)
  2. bir kimsenin şöhretini mahvetmek  assassina'tion  suikast, adam öIdürme.

From IPA:en_US :   [ IPA:en_US ]

  

/əˈsæsəˌneɪt/

From Stardic English-Chinese Dictionary :   [ stardic ]

  v. 暗杀,行刺;

From XDICT the English-Chinese dictionary :   [ xdict ]

     vt. 暗杀,行刺

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