assassinated

as·sas·si·nate  (-ss-nt)

tr.v. as·sas·si·nat·ed, as·sas·si·nat·ing, as·sas·si·nates

1. To murder (a prominent person) by surprise attack, as for political reasons.

2. To destroy or injure treacherously: assassinate a rival's character.

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as·sassi·nation n.

as·sassi·native adj.

as·sassi·nator n.

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Adj.

1.

assassinated - murdered by surprise attack for political reasons; "the 20th century has seen too many assassinated leaders" dead - no longer having or seeming to have or expecting to have life; "the nerve is dead"; "a dead pallor"; "he was marked as a dead man by the assassin"