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# 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 →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/assassinate/#m1)

### 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 →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/assassinate/#x1)
- Guards protect the king so no one can assassinate him. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/assassinate/#x2)
- The plot to assassinate the leader failed. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/assassinate/#x3)
- In the play, the senators assassinate Julius Caesar. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/assassinate/#x4)
- Police stopped a man who planned to assassinate the minister. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/assassinate/#x5)
- The world was shocked when the leader was assassinated. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/assassinate/#x6)
- The physician, Douban, wishes to assassinate you. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/assassinate/#x7)

### 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).](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/euphemisms/25-spin-war-and-violence/18/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «assassinate» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/assassinate/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.