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# assassinate

verb (assassinate, assassinates, assassinated, assassinating)

«assassinate» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

To assassinate is to murder an important or famous person, such as a leader, usually for political reasons. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/assassinate/#m1)

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

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «assassinate» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/assassinate/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«assassinate» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/assassinate.html) on Mova free.