Assassinate
verb
To murder someone important or famous, usually for political reasons or for payment.
The president was assassinated by a sniper.
Often appears as...
- assassinate a leader
- assassinate for political gain
verb
To destroy or harm something such as a person's reputation, image, or value, severely and damagingly.
The rumors assassinated his character.
Often appears as...
- assassinate character
- assassinate reputation
Usage tips
Idiomatic
verb
To murder someone important or famous, usually for political reasons or for payment.
The president was assassinated by a sniper.
Often appears as...
- assassinate a leader
- assassinate for political gain
verb
To destroy or harm something such as a person's reputation, image, or value, severely and damagingly.
The rumors assassinated his character.
Often appears as...
- assassinate character
- assassinate reputation
Usage tips
Idiomatic
Definition 1 of 2
Pro Tip 1/3Political Act
Assassinate often implies a political motive or context.
The rebel leader was assassinated to prevent the coup.
Pro Tip 2/3High-profile Target
Targets are usually well-known figures like politicians or celebrities.
The group planned to assassinate the visiting dignitary.
Pro Tip 3/3Premeditated Action
Assassination involves careful planning, not a spontaneous act.
The assassination was the result of months of preparation.
Pro Tip 1/3Political Act
Assassinate often implies a political motive or context.
The rebel leader was assassinated to prevent the coup.
Pro Tip 2/3High-profile Target
Targets are usually well-known figures like politicians or celebrities.
The group planned to assassinate the visiting dignitary.
Pro Tip 3/3Premeditated Action
Assassination involves careful planning, not a spontaneous act.
The assassination was the result of months of preparation.
Pro Tip 1/3Political Act
Assassinate often implies a political motive or context.
The rebel leader was assassinated to prevent the coup.
Pro Tip 2/3High-profile Target
Targets are usually well-known figures like politicians or celebrities.
The group planned to assassinate the visiting dignitary.
Pro Tip 3/3Premeditated Action
Assassination involves careful planning, not a spontaneous act.
The assassination was the result of months of preparation.
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Video examples
Who was Confucius? -...
and rulers were frequently assassinated, sometimes by their own relatives, Confucius exemplified benevolence and integrity, and through his teaching, became one of China's greatest philosophers. Born to a nobleman but raised in poverty from a very young age following the untimely death of his father,
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Romance and revolution:...
Because of the timing of his death so soon after the coup, rumors swirled that he had died of sadness or even been assassinated, but the hospital recorded his cause of death as cancer. Today, Neruda’s lines are recited at protests and marches worldwide. Much like his life,
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Cynthia Nixon on Playing...
what I'm saying at all what I'm saying is she could have Learner's her sense was always that her job was to love and protect her husband but when the apparition of assassination came onto the scene it became so real and so palpable and it guided almost
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Telling History: Behind...
flawless in terms of its research so a couple of months after the assassination attempt all the doctors and all the nurses that were involved in save you on Elena's life they put together their own little mini documentary they reenacted
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Reclaiming Syria’s story...
withstand despite great nonviolent resistance and by women especially the brutal takeover of the city by Isis Isis deliberately targeted civil society and it assassinated many activists and the activists that have managed to flee rah
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The path to ending...
Bernice My heart is a little heavy right now, because I was that six-year-old. I was five years old when my father was assassinated. And he did change the world. But the tragedy is that we didn't hear
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The tyranny of merit PIPE...
shortly before he was assassinated, King said, "The person who picks up our garbage is, in the final analysis, as significant as the physician, for if he doesn't do his job, diseases are rampant.
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Killing Kennedy: Behind...
look a fresh look about his assassination that rocked the country of the world to its core the story is riveting and personal and idyllic at the same time it actually is the stuff of Shakespeare
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Tim Matheson on Playing...
for us and it's you know it's important and and people believed him you know and they and they loved him he would be assassination affected him in a rather profound way I think he became really
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The Murder of Kim...
This video evidence helped to build a picture of a ruthless political assassination.
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Who was Confucius? -...
and rulers were frequently assassinated, sometimes by their own relatives, Confucius exemplified benevolence and integrity, and through his teaching, became one of China's greatest philosophers. Born to a nobleman but raised in poverty from a very young age following the untimely death of his father,
Video examples
Romance and revolution:...
Because of the timing of his death so soon after the coup, rumors swirled that he had died of sadness or even been assassinated, but the hospital recorded his cause of death as cancer. Today, Neruda’s lines are recited at protests and marches worldwide. Much like his life,
Video examples
Cynthia Nixon on Playing...
what I'm saying at all what I'm saying is she could have Learner's her sense was always that her job was to love and protect her husband but when the apparition of assassination came onto the scene it became so real and so palpable and it guided almost
Video examples
Telling History: Behind...
flawless in terms of its research so a couple of months after the assassination attempt all the doctors and all the nurses that were involved in save you on Elena's life they put together their own little mini documentary they reenacted
Video examples
Reclaiming Syria’s story...
withstand despite great nonviolent resistance and by women especially the brutal takeover of the city by Isis Isis deliberately targeted civil society and it assassinated many activists and the activists that have managed to flee rah
Video examples
The path to ending...
Bernice My heart is a little heavy right now, because I was that six-year-old. I was five years old when my father was assassinated. And he did change the world. But the tragedy is that we didn't hear
Video examples
The tyranny of merit PIPE...
shortly before he was assassinated, King said, "The person who picks up our garbage is, in the final analysis, as significant as the physician, for if he doesn't do his job, diseases are rampant.
Video examples
Killing Kennedy: Behind...
look a fresh look about his assassination that rocked the country of the world to its core the story is riveting and personal and idyllic at the same time it actually is the stuff of Shakespeare
Video examples
Tim Matheson on Playing...
for us and it's you know it's important and and people believed him you know and they and they loved him he would be assassination affected him in a rather profound way I think he became really
Video examples
The Murder of Kim...
This video evidence helped to build a picture of a ruthless political assassination.
Example 1 of 10
Quote examples
Huma Qureshi
Indian Actress
If a woman is saying something out loud, she is asking for help, and you have no business to character assassinating her. You have to reach out to her and help her and protect her, and I think we need to protect our women, and we need to protect our children.
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Angela Davis
American Activist
Yes, I think it's really important to acknowledge that Dr. King, precisely at the moment of his assassination, was re-conceptualizing the civil rights movement and moving toward a sort of coalitional relationship with the trade union movement.
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Jedediah Bila
American Entertainer
Whether you like Kanye or not, there has been a character assassination against this guy. You don't have to agree with everything he says, but you do have to defend his right to say it.
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Harry S Truman
American President
Those who want the Government to regulate matters of the mind and spirit are like men who are so afraid of being murdered that they commit suicide to avoid assassination.
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Suge Knight
American Producer
As far as anybody in the rap game ever tryin' to assassinate my character, that's impossible. You talkin' about a man who has always walked the walk and talked the talk.
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John Lewis
American Politician
The assassination of Martin Luther King, Jr. made me very, very sad, and I mourned and I cried like many of our citizens did.
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Ishita Dutta
Indian Actress
It is easy for people to sit behind their laptops and assassinate somebody's character.
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Benjamin Disraeli
British Statesman
Assassination has never changed the history of the world.
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Sean Young
American Actress
I've been forced to deal with my character assassination.
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William Lacy Clay, Jr.
American Politician
Just to assassinate Michael Brown's character is wrong.
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Huma Qureshi
Indian Actress
If a woman is saying something out loud, she is asking for help, and you have no business to character assassinating her. You have to reach out to her and help her and protect her, and I think we need to protect our women, and we need to protect our children.
Quote examples
Angela Davis
American Activist
Yes, I think it's really important to acknowledge that Dr. King, precisely at the moment of his assassination, was re-conceptualizing the civil rights movement and moving toward a sort of coalitional relationship with the trade union movement.
Quote examples
Jedediah Bila
American Entertainer
Whether you like Kanye or not, there has been a character assassination against this guy. You don't have to agree with everything he says, but you do have to defend his right to say it.
Quote examples
Harry S Truman
American President
Those who want the Government to regulate matters of the mind and spirit are like men who are so afraid of being murdered that they commit suicide to avoid assassination.
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Suge Knight
American Producer
As far as anybody in the rap game ever tryin' to assassinate my character, that's impossible. You talkin' about a man who has always walked the walk and talked the talk.
Quote examples
John Lewis
American Politician
The assassination of Martin Luther King, Jr. made me very, very sad, and I mourned and I cried like many of our citizens did.
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Ishita Dutta
Indian Actress
It is easy for people to sit behind their laptops and assassinate somebody's character.
Quote examples
Benjamin Disraeli
British Statesman
Assassination has never changed the history of the world.
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Sean Young
American Actress
I've been forced to deal with my character assassination.
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William Lacy Clay, Jr.
American Politician
Just to assassinate Michael Brown's character is wrong.
Example 1 of 10
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