Assassinate
Assassinate verb - To put to death deliberately.
Cause the death of and assassinate are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Cause the death of" instead a verb "Assassinate".
Cause the death of
Assassinate and cause the death of are semantically related. You can use "Assassinate" instead a verb "Cause the death of".
Mutual synonyms
Related pairs
- eliminate and assassinate
- eliminate and cause the death of
- dispatch and assassinate
- dispatch and cause the death of
- murder and assassinate
- murder and cause the death of
- do away with and assassinate
- do away with and cause the death of
- terminate and assassinate
- terminate and cause the death of
- kill and assassinate
- kill and cause the death of
- execute and assassinate
- execute and cause the death of
Both terms in one sentence
- Historically, "slay" meant "cause the death of, including justifiably", while "kill" meant "murder"... and "murder" meant "assassinate"; the coinage of "assassinate" by Shakespeare probably contributed to the definition-creep of the other words.
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Cause the death of and Assassinate. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 10, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/assassinate/cause_the_death_of
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