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 as·sas·si·nate /əˈsæsṇˌet/
 (vt.)暗殺,行刺

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

 assassinate
      v 1: murder; especially of socially prominent persons; "Anwar
           Sadat was assassinated because many people did not like
           his peace politics with Israel"
      2: destroy or damage seriously, as of someone's reputation; "He
         assassinated his enemy's character"