Dictionary Entry
assassinate
assassinate is a 11-letter English word with 6 senses as transitive verb, noun, and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: To kill by surprise or secret assault; to murder by treacherous violence. Face value is 11 in Scrabble and 12 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
11 letters · Scrabble 11 · Words With Friends 12 · 6 senses
Definitions
- 1transitive verb
To kill by surprise or secret assault; to murder by treacherous violence.
- 2transitive verb
To assail with murderous intent; hence, by extended meaning, to maltreat exceedingly.
- 3noun
An assassination, murder, or murderous assault.
- 4noun
An assassin.
- 5verb
destroy or damage seriously, as of someone's reputation
"He assassinated his enemy's character"
- 6verb
murder; especially of socially prominent persons
"Anwar Sadat was assassinated because many people did not like his peace politics with Israel"
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