English-Thai Dictionary
assassinate
VT ทำลาย ทำอันตราย harm tham-lai
assassinate
VT ลอบสังหาร ลอบฆ่า สังหาร กำจัด kill murder lob-sang-han
assassination
N การ ทำลาย destruction kan-tham-lai
assassination
N การลอบสังหาร การ ลอบฆ่า killing shooting kan-lob-sang-han
assassinator
N ผู้ ลอบฆ่า poo-lorb-kar
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
ASSASSINATE
v.t. 1. To kill or attempt to kill, by surprise or secret assault; to murder by sudden violence. Assassin as a verb is not now used.
2. To way lay; to take by treachery.
ASSASSINATE
n.A murder or murderer. [not used. ]
ASSASSINATED
pp. Murdered by surprise or secret assault.
ASSASSINATING
ppr. Murdering by surprise or secret assault.
ASSASSINATION
n.The act of killing or murdering, by surprise or secret assault; murder by violence.
ASSASSINATOR
n.An assassin, which see.
Webster's 1913 Dictionary
ASSASSINATE
As *sas "sin *ate, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Assassinated; p. pr. & vb. n.Assassinating. ] Etym: [LL. assassinatus, p. p. of assassinare.]
1. To kill by surprise or secret assault; to murder by treacherous violence. Help, neighbors, my house is broken open by force, and I am ravished, and like to be assassinated. Dryden.
2. To assail with murderous intent; hence, by extended meaning, to maltreat exceedingly. [Archaic ] Your rhymes assassinate our fame. Dryden. Such usage as your honorable lords Afford me, assassinated and betrayed. Milton.
Syn. -- To kill; murder; slay. See Kill.
ASSASSINATE
As *sas "sin *ate, n. Etym: [F. assassinat. ]
1. An assassination, murder, or murderous assault. [Obs. ] If I had made an assassinate upon your father. B. Jonson.
2. An assassin. [Obs. ] Dryden.
ASSASSINATION
ASSASSINATION As *sas `si *na "tion, n.
Defn: The act of assassinating; a killing by treacherous violence.
ASSASSINATOR
ASSASSINATOR As *sas "si *na `tor, n.
Defn: An assassin.
New American Oxford Dictionary
assassinate
as sas si nate |əˈsasəˌnāt əˈsæsnˌeɪt | ▶verb murder (an important person ) in a surprise attack for political or religious reasons. ORIGIN early 17th cent.: from medieval Latin assassinat- ‘killed, ’ from the verb assassinare, from assassinus (see assassin ).
assassination
as sas si na tion |əˌsasəˈnāSHən əsæsəˈneɪʃn | ▶noun the action of assassinating someone: the assassination of President Kennedy | [ as modifier ] : a failed assassination attempt. a wave of bombings and assassinations.
Oxford Dictionary
assassinate
as ¦sas ¦sin |ate |əˈsasɪneɪt | ▶verb [ with obj. ] murder (an important person ) for political or religious reasons. ORIGIN early 17th cent.: from medieval Latin assassinat- ‘killed ’, from the verb assassinare, from assassinus (see assassin ).
assassination
as ¦sas ¦sin |ation |əˌsasɪˈneɪʃn | ▶noun [ mass noun ] the action of assassinating someone: the assassination of President Kennedy | [ as modifier ] : a failed assassination attempt. [ count noun ] : a wave of bombings and assassinations.
American Oxford Thesaurus
assassinate
assassinate verb a plot to assassinate the premier: murder, kill, slaughter; eliminate, execute; liquidate; informal hit, terminate, knock off; literary slay.
assassination
assassination noun the assassination of President Garfield: murder, killing, slaughter, homicide; political execution, elimination; informal hit; literary slaying.
Oxford Thesaurus
assassinate
assassinate verb John F. Kennedy was assassinated in 1963: murder, kill, execute, slaughter, butcher, liquidate, eliminate, exterminate, terminate; informal hit; literary slay.
assassination
assassination noun the assassination of John F. Kennedy: murder, killing, political execution, slaughter, butchery, homicide, liquidation, elimination, extermination, termination, putting /doing to death, martyrdom; informal hit; literary slaying.
French Dictionary
assassinat
assassinat n. m. nom masculin Meurtre préparé à l ’avance. Note Orthographique a ss a ss ina t.
Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary
assassinate
as sas si nate /əsǽsɪnèɪt /動詞 ~s /-ts /; ~d /-ɪd /; -nating 他動詞 〈要人 〉を暗殺する ;〈名誉など 〉を傷つける (!しばしば受け身で; →kill 類義 ) .
assassination
as s à s si n á tion 名詞 C U (重要人物の )暗殺 ▸ character assassination 人格攻撃 ~́ att è mpt 暗殺計画 .