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Meaning of "assassinate" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF ASSASSINATE

assassinate  [əˈsæsɪˌneɪt] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF ASSASSINATE

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Assassinate is a verb.
The verb is the part of the sentence that is conjugated and expresses action and state of being.

See the conjugation of the verb assassinate in English.

WHAT DOES ASSASSINATE MEAN IN ENGLISH?

assassinate

Assassination

Assassination is the murder of a prominent person or political figure by a surprise attack, usually for payment or political reasons. An assassination may be prompted by religious, ideological, political, or military motives; it is an act that may be done for financial gain, to avenge a grievance, from a desire to acquire fame or notoriety, or because of a military or security services command to carry out the murder.

Definition of assassinate in the English dictionary

The definition of assassinate in the dictionary is to murder, usually by a surprise attack. Other definition of assassinate is to ruin or harm by slander.

CONJUGATION OF THE VERB TO ASSASSINATE

PRESENT

Present
I assassinate
you assassinate
he/she/it assassinates
we assassinate
you assassinate
they assassinate
Present continuous
I am assassinating
you are assassinating
he/she/it is assassinating
we are assassinating
you are assassinating
they are assassinating
Present perfect
I have assassinated
you have assassinated
he/she/it has assassinated
we have assassinated
you have assassinated
they have assassinated
Present perfect continuous
I have been assassinating
you have been assassinating
he/she/it has been assassinating
we have been assassinating
you have been assassinating
they have been assassinating
Present tense is used to refer to circumstances that exist at the present time or over a period that includes the present time. The present perfect refers to past events, although it can be considered to denote primarily the resulting present situation rather than the events themselves.

PAST

Past
I assassinated
you assassinated
he/she/it assassinated
we assassinated
you assassinated
they assassinated
Past continuous
I was assassinating
you were assassinating
he/she/it was assassinating
we were assassinating
you were assassinating
they were assassinating
Past perfect
I had assassinated
you had assassinated
he/she/it had assassinated
we had assassinated
you had assassinated
they had assassinated
Past perfect continuous
I had been assassinating
you had been assassinating
he/she/it had been assassinating
we had been assassinating
you had been assassinating
they had been assassinating
Past tense forms express circumstances existing at some time in the past,

FUTURE

Future
I will assassinate
you will assassinate
he/she/it will assassinate
we will assassinate
you will assassinate
they will assassinate
Future continuous
I will be assassinating
you will be assassinating
he/she/it will be assassinating
we will be assassinating
you will be assassinating
they will be assassinating
Future perfect
I will have assassinated
you will have assassinated
he/she/it will have assassinated
we will have assassinated
you will have assassinated
they will have assassinated
Future perfect continuous
I will have been assassinating
you will have been assassinating
he/she/it will have been assassinating
we will have been assassinating
you will have been assassinating
they will have been assassinating
The future is used to express circumstances that will occur at a later time.

CONDITIONAL

Conditional
I would assassinate
you would assassinate
he/she/it would assassinate
we would assassinate
you would assassinate
they would assassinate
Conditional continuous
I would be assassinating
you would be assassinating
he/she/it would be assassinating
we would be assassinating
you would be assassinating
they would be assassinating
Conditional perfect
I would have assassinate
you would have assassinate
he/she/it would have assassinate
we would have assassinate
you would have assassinate
they would have assassinate
Conditional perfect continuous
I would have been assassinating
you would have been assassinating
he/she/it would have been assassinating
we would have been assassinating
you would have been assassinating
they would have been assassinating
Conditional or "future-in-the-past" tense refers to hypothetical or possible actions.

IMPERATIVE

Imperative
you assassinate
we let´s assassinate
you assassinate
The imperative is used to form commands or requests.
NONFINITE VERB FORMS
Infinitive
to assassinate
Past participle
assassinated
Present Participle
assassinating
Infinitive shows the action beyond temporal perspective. The present participle or gerund shows the action during the session. The past participle shows the action after completion.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH ASSASSINATE


caseinate
ˈkeɪsɪˌneɪt
circinate
ˈsɜːsɪˌneɪt
coordinate
kəʊˈɔːdɪˌneɪt
deracinate
dɪˈræsɪˌneɪt
discriminate
dɪˈskrɪmɪˌneɪt
dominate
ˈdɒmɪˌneɪt
eliminate
ɪˈlɪmɪˌneɪt
fascinate
ˈfæsɪˌneɪt
hallucinate
həˈluːsɪˌneɪt
laminate
ˈlæmɪˌneɪt
lancinate
ˈlɑːnsɪˌneɪt
nominate
ˈnɒmɪˌneɪt
originate
əˈrɪdʒɪˌneɪt
pepsinate
ˈpɛpsɪˌneɪt
ratiocinate
ˌrætɪˈɒsɪˌneɪt
revaccinate
ˌriːˈvæksɪˌneɪt
succinate
ˈsʌksɪˌneɪt
terminate
ˈtɜːmɪˌneɪt
vaccinate
ˈvæksɪˌneɪt
vaticinate
vəˈtɪsɪˌneɪt

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE ASSASSINATE

assailant
assailer
assailment
assam
assam ikan
Assamese
assart
assassin
assassin bug
assassin fly
assassination
assassinator
assault
assault and battery
assault course
assault photographer
assault rifle
assault troops
assault weapon
assaulter

WORDS THAT END LIKE ASSASSINATE

alginate
aluminate
combinate
contaminate
culminate
determinate
disseminate
donate
exterminate
germinate
indeterminate
indiscriminate
indoctrinate
marinate
ordinate
paginate
predominate
procrastinate
ruminate
subordinate
urinate

Synonyms and antonyms of assassinate in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «ASSASSINATE»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «assassinate» and belong to the same grammatical category.
synonyms of assassinate

Translation of «assassinate» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF ASSASSINATE

Find out the translation of assassinate to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of assassinate from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «assassinate» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

> 刺杀
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

asesinar
570 millions of speakers

English

assassinate
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

हत्या
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

اغتيال
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

убить
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

assassinar
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

গুপ্তহত্যা করা
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

assassiner
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Membunuh
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

ermorden
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

暗殺する
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

암살당하다
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Mateni
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

giết người
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

படுகொலை
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

हत्या
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

öldürmek
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

assassinare
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

zamordować
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

вбити
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

asasineze
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

δολοφονήσει
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

vermoor
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

assassinate
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

myrde
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of assassinate

TRENDS

TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «ASSASSINATE»

The term «assassinate» is quite widely used and occupies the 52.495 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «ASSASSINATE» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «assassinate» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «assassinate» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about assassinate

EXAMPLES

7 QUOTES WITH «ASSASSINATE»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word assassinate.
1
Arthur Bremer
It is my personal plan to assassinate by pistol either Richard Nixon or George Wallace.
2
William Lacy Clay, Jr.
Just to assassinate Michael Brown's character is wrong.
3
John Philpot Curran
Assassinate me you may; intimidate me you cannot.
4
Jim Garrison
The CIA could not face up to the American people and admit that its former employees had conspired to assassinate the President; so from the moment Kennedy's heart stopped beating, the Agency attempted to sweep the whole conspiracy under the rug.
5
Jim Garrison
The grand jury, composed of 12 eminent New Orleans citizens, heard our evidence and indicted the defendant for participation in a conspiracy to assassinate John Kennedy.
6
Suge Knight
As far as anybody in the rap game ever tryin' to assassinate my character, that's impossible. You talkin' about a man who has always walked the walk and talked the talk.
7
Brian K. Vaughan
By the time you have your protagonist attempting to assassinate the Pope, you've sort of signaled that everything is on the table.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «ASSASSINATE»

Discover the use of assassinate in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to assassinate and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
JFK: The CIA, Vietnam, and the Plot to Assassinate John F. ...
Reveals Kennedy's plans for Vietnam, Kennedy's intentions to "shatter the CIA," and President Johnson's reversal of Kennedy's orders concerning Vietnam immediately following the assassination, aruging that the assassination was a ...
L. Fletcher Prouty, 2011
2
The Kennedy contract: the Mafia plot to assassinate the ...
Suggests that the assassination of President Kennedy was the result of a conspiracy, and that the Mafia had the motive, means, and opportunity to commit the crime
John Davis, John H. Davis, 1993
3
Countdown to Valkyrie: The July Plot to Assassinate Hitler
Provides an account of the unsuccessful military conspiracy against Adolf Hitler carried out by the generals on his staff in the summer of 1944.
Nigel Jones, 2008
4
Target: Patton: The Plot to Assassinate General George S. Patton
Backing up this shocking story with facts, photos, and eyewitness statements, Wilcox reveals long-hidden documents and accounts that explain how secrets Patton knew—and his strong anti-Soviet views—may have cost him his life.
Robert Wilcox, 2010
5
Fenian Fire: The British Government Plot to Assassinate ...
A historical investigation into one of the most serpentine attempts on Queen Victoria’s life that reveals for the first time the true instigator at the heart of government.
Christopher Campbell, 2003
6
CONSPIRACY to Assassinate President John F. Kennedy, Dr. ...
This book is about grasping power and once achieving it, using that power to assassinate all challengers to the power gained. The Warren Commission Report concluded that Lee Harvey Oswald acted alone and was not part of a conspiracy,  ...
John Patrick Roach Jr., 2013
7
The Conspiracy to Assassinate Jesus Christ
... theconspiracytoassassinatejesuschrist.com Lulu Marketplace Purchase the print version of this book http://www.lulu.com/shop/chris-seepe/the-conspiracy-to- assassinate-jesuschrist/paperback/product-20357552.html Historical reference ...
Chris Seepe
8
The Plot to Assassinate Lincoln and the War on Anarchy
the plot to assassinate Mr. Lincoln. And you gave me what information you had acquired with regard to the plot. I felt very solicitous for the safety of Mr. Lincoln ; but there was a delicacy with me in relation to the matter, in regard to the action to  ...
Allan Pinkerton, William J. Burns, 2014
9
The Life and Extraordinary Trial of Simon Bernard, for ...
It would appear that on the 14th of January an attempt was undoubtedly made to assassinate His Majesty the Emperor of the French, and in that attempt two persons named Orsini and lie Rudio, but who were known to many of the witnesses ...
Simon BERNARD, 1858
10
Target de Gaulle: the thirty-one attempts to assassinate the ...
the thirty-one attempts to assassinate the General Christian Plume, Pierre Démaret, Richard Barry. A single detail is enough to illustrate the reckless happy- golucky attitude of these youngsters — not one of them possessed a driving licence.
Christian Plume, Pierre Démaret, Richard Barry, 1976

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «ASSASSINATE»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term assassinate is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Syunik Arrests: Four charged with attempting to assassinate local …
Four people were arrested in connection with the assassination attempt of Syunik's governor Surik Khachatryan, who is known as one of the ... «ArmeniaNow.com, Jul 15»
2
The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 2 Posters Show The Faces Of …
Together, they leave District 13 to liberate the citizens of war-torn Panem and assassinate President Snow, who's obsessed with destroying ... «Comicbook.com, Jul 15»
3
Jordan Foils Iran-Linked Plot Against Saudi Targets: Bayt al-Maqdis …
In October 2011, two Iranian men were arrested in New York City over an alleged plot to assassinate the Saudi ambassador. Submit Correction. «International Business Times, Jul 15»
4
Whistleblower Avni claims Erdoğan to stage false assault on his son
He noted that Erdoğan is not deterred despite the botched effort at fabricating an alleged plan to assassinate his daughter in February. «Today's Zaman, Jul 15»
5
Watch: Cannes-Winning Martial Arts Epic 'The Assassin' Slays with …
... suspense and action, but it also grapples with the emotional turmoil of being torn between an old romance and the order to assassinate him. «Indie Wire, Jul 15»
6
The mystery of the skull of a would-be assassin
... was hanged in Washington in 1865 for his involvement with John Wilkes Booth in the conspiracy to assassinate President Abraham Lincoln. «Stuff.co.nz, Jul 15»
7
14 Senate Democrats to watch on Iran nuclear bargain
... with a Mexican drug cartel to assassinate Saudi Arabia's ambassador to the United States, according to a press release from Tester's office. «The Hill, Jul 15»
8
The intifada's lasting injuries
Israel denied responsibility at the time, but Habash says that the explosion was caused by a bomb planted in the car by Israel to assassinate ... «The Electronic Intifada, Jul 15»
9
UGC to probe Stephen's abuse case
I strongly believe an attempt is being made to character assassinate me and save Dr Satish Kumar, the bursar." However, her withdrawal ... «Times of India, Jul 15»
10
Durarara!! x2 The Second Arc
As he wonders to himself who would be most likely to try and assassinate him, we see the many people whose lives he influenced reacting to ... «Anime News Network, Jul 15»

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