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assassinating

/uh-sas-uh-neyt/US // əˈsæs əˌneɪt //UK // (əˈsæsɪˌneɪt) //

刺杀,暗杀,刺杀行为,刺杀性的

Related Words

kill杀死,杀害,杀了,杀掉execute执行,实施,执行的,执行任务slaughter宰杀,屠宰,残杀,屠杀slay杀死,杀人,杀戮,杀人犯gun down枪击事件,枪击案,枪毙,枪杀liquidate清算,清偿,清理,清盘hit撞击,冲击,撞击声,敲击eliminate消除,消灭,消除了,清除bump off撞断,撞开,撞断了,撞伤do in在做,做在,在做什么knock off收工,淘汰,淘汰赛,敲诈勒索

Definitions

v.有主动词 verb
  1. 1

    as·sas·si·nat·ed, as·sas·si·nat·ing.

    • : to kill suddenly or secretively, especially a prominent person; murder premeditatedly and treacherously.
    • : to destroy or harm treacherously and viciously: to assassinate a person's character.

Synonyms & Antonyms

verbmurder prominent or important person
Synonyms
execute执行,实施,执行的,执行任务gun down枪击事件,枪击案,枪毙,枪杀kill杀死,杀害,杀了,杀掉slaughter宰杀,屠宰,残杀,屠杀slay杀死,杀人,杀戮,杀人犯eliminate消除,消灭,消除了,清除hit撞击,冲击,撞击声,敲击liquidate清算,清偿,清理,清盘bump off撞断,撞开,撞断了,撞伤do in在做,做在,在做什么knock off收工,淘汰,淘汰赛,敲诈勒索

Examples

  • Drones Change the GameWhen Obama authorized the use of an armed drone to assassinate an American citizen outside of a war zone for the first time, the rules of engagement changed forever.

  • A human rights activist and columnist at Newsclick news website, Gautam Navlakha has been jailed since April and faces charges on alleged links to Maoist militants and being part of a conspiracy to assassinate Prime Minister Narendra Modi.

  • Earlier this month, the Department of State criticized Saudi Arabia’s “detention” of the children of a former Saudi intelligence official now in Canada who has accused Crown Prime Mohammed — better known as MBS — of trying to assassinate him.

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