assassinate

Word parts

assassin + -ate

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA ^(key): /əˈsasɪneɪt/

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• Hyphenation: as‧sas‧si‧nate

Verb

Plain form assassinate

Third-person singular assassinates

Past tense assassinated

Past participle assassinated

Present participle assassinating

1. (transitive) If you assassinate someone, usually a political leader, you murder them for political reasons.

   The person who assassinated Benazir Bhutto is not known.

Related words

• assassin
• assassination