Overview of verb assassinate

The verb assassinate has 2 senses

• assassinate -- (murder; especially of socially prominent persons; "Anwar Sadat was assassinated because many people did not like his peace politics with Israel")


• assassinate -- (destroy or damage seriously, as of someone's reputation; "He assassinated his enemy's character")

Overview of adj assassinated

The adj assassinated has 1 sense

• assassinated -- (murdered by surprise attack for political reasons; "the 20th century has seen too many assassinated leaders")