assassinate

«assassinate» in Mova's school dictionary: to murder an important or famous person, such as a… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 1 sentence of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

verb (assassinate, assassinates, assassinated, assassinating)

meaning for a pupil

To assassinate is to murder an important or famous person, such as a leader, usually for political reasons. tree →

sense in the lessons

Used in history lessons and news about famous leaders who were killed. It tells the reader that a killing was planned and aimed at someone important. It is a serious word about violence.

examples

• The history book tells how a president was assassinated. tree →
• Guards protect the king so no one can assassinate him. tree →
• The plot to assassinate the leader failed. tree →
• In the play, the senators assassinate Julius Caesar. tree →
• Police stopped a man who planned to assassinate the minister. tree →
• The world was shocked when the leader was assassinated. tree →
• The physician, Douban, wishes to assassinate you. tree →

note

Spelling: double «s» twice: a-ss-a-ss-inate. Person: assassin; noun: assassination. Used only for important people; for ordinary people we say «murder».

In the corpora

• "Terminate with extreme prejudice" means assassinate, murder an important or chosen person on purpose (US spy slang).

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «assassinate» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.