assassinate

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verb

1. murder;
especially of socially prominent persons
- Anwar Sadat was assassinated because many people did not like his peace politics with Israel
• Derivationally related forms:
assassin, assassination, assassinator
• Hypernyms:
kill
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s somebody
2. destroy or damage seriously, as of someone's reputation
- He assassinated his enemy's character
• Derivationally related forms:
assassination
• Hypernyms:
defame, slander, smirch, asperse, denigrate,
calumniate, smear, sully, besmirch
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
- Somebody ----s somebody
- Something ----s somebody
- Something ----s something