assassinate
verb
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
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- substance, domain or see-also
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Senses
Sense 1 verb
murder; especially of socially prominent persons
Anwar Sadat was assassinated because many people did not like his peace politics with Israel
Types & categories
- kill hypernym
Related & opposite
- assassination derivation
- bravo derivation
Sense 2 verb
destroy or damage seriously, as of someone's reputation
He assassinated his enemy's character
Types & categories
- slander hypernym
Related & opposite
- assassination derivation
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | assassination |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | bravo |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | kill |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | assassination |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | slander |