assassinate | Definition of assassinate

Synonyms and Antonyms of assassinate

to put to death deliberately

President Lincoln was assassinated by John Wilkes Booth

Synonyms of assassinate

bump off, croak [slang], dispatch, do in, execute, get, ice [slang], knock off, liquidate, murder, neutralize, off [slang], put away, rub out, slay, snuff, take out, terminate, whack [slang]

Words Related to assassinate

blow away, shoot, shoot down

blot out, carry off, claim, cut down, destroy, fell, kill, smite, zap

butcher, massacre, mow (down), slaughter

annihilate, eliminate, eradicate, exterminate, wipe out

Phrases Synonymous with assassinate

Near Antonyms of assassinate

animate, raise, restore, resurrect, resuscitate, revive