assassinate

  1. Verb.  To murder someone, especially an important person, by a sudden or obscure attack, especially for ideological or political reasons.
  2. Verb.  (figuratively) To harm, ruin, or defame severely or destroy by treachery, slander, libel, or obscure attack.
  3. Noun.  (obsolete) Assassination, murder.
  4. Noun.  (obsolete) An assassin.

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