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   as·sas·si·nate

   /əˈsas(ə)nˌāt/

   verb

   • 1. murder (an important person) in a surprise attack for political or religious reasons: "the organization's leader had been assassinated four months before the coup"

   Word Origin early 17th century: from medieval Latin assassinat- ‘killed’, from the verb assassinare, from assassinus (see assassin).

   Derivatives

   • 1. assassinator noun

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