Assassinate
Assassinate verb - To put to death deliberately.
Usage example: Marat was assassinated by Charlotte Corday
Butcher is a synonym for assassinate in murder topic. In some cases you can use "Butcher" instead a verb "Assassinate", when it comes to topics like criminality, kill, slaughter, slay.
Butcher
Butcher verb - To kill on a large scale.
Usage example: the barbarians butchered the monks in the monasteries without mercy
Assassinate is a synonym for butcher in kill topic. You can use "Assassinate" instead a verb "Butcher", if it concerns topics such as massacre, criminality, slaughter, slay.
Mutual synonyms
Related pairs
- spoil and assassinate
- spoil and butcher
- liquidate and assassinate
- liquidate and butcher
- annihilate and assassinate
- annihilate and butcher
- eliminate and assassinate
- eliminate and butcher
- dispatch and assassinate
- dispatch and butcher
- massacre and assassinate
- massacre and butcher
- murder and assassinate
- murder and butcher
Common collocations
Both words in one sentence
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The Butcher: Jimmy in Triad Election, though not by choice, since he's trying to prove a point to Lok's captured lieutenants and forcing them to assassinate him.
Source: Film / Triad Election
Cite this Source
Butcher and Assassinate. (2016). Retrieved 2026, July 21, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/assassinate/butcher
Assassinate & Butcher. N.p., 2016. Web. 21 Jul. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/assassinate/butcher>.
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