assassinate
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Is assassinate a Scrabble word?
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Definition
verb (English)
1. (figuratively) To harm, ruin, or defame severely or destroy by treachery, slander, libel, or obscure attack.Examples: "He assassinated his rival's character."; "Such uſage as your honourable Lords / Afford me aſſaſſinated and betray'd, […]"; "But vvhen your Rhimes aſſaſſinate our Fame, / You hug your nauſeous, blund'ring Ballad-vvits, / And pay 'em as if Nonſence vvere a merit, / If it can mean but Treaſon."figuratively
noun (English)
1. (obsolete) Assassination, murder.Examples: "Mor. Why? if I had made an assassinate upon your Father; vitiated your Mother: ravished your Sisters― Tru. I would kill you, Sir, I would kill you, if you had. Mor. Why? you do more in this, Sir: it were a vengeance centuple, for all facinorous Acts, that could be nam'd, to do that you do."obsolete
2. (obsolete) An assassin.Examples: "Yet again, many of them deſperat hairebraines, raſh, careleſſe, fit to be Aſſaſinates, as being voide of all Feare and Sorrow […]"obsolete
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