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   Assassinate , v. t. [imp. & p. p. Assassinated ; p. pr. & vb. n. Assassinating .] [LL. assassinatus, p. p. of assassinare.]
   To kill by surprise or secret assault; to murder by treacherous violence.
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   Help, neighbors, my house is broken open by force, and I am ravished, and like to be assassinated.
   Dryden.
   
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   To assail with murderous intent; hence, by extended meaning, to maltreat exceedingly. [Archaic]
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   Your rhymes assassinate our fame.
   Dryden.
   
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   Such usage as your honorable lords
   Afford me, assassinated and betrayed.
   Milton.
   
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   Syn. -- To kill; murder; slay. See Kill.
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   Assassinate , n. [F. assassinat.]
   An assassination, murder, or murderous assault. [Obs.]
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   If I had made an assassinate upon your father.
   B. Jonson.
   
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   An assassin. [Obs.]
   Dryden.
   
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