Assassinate
Assassinate verb - To put to death deliberately.
Remove is a synonym for assassinate. In some cases you can use "Remove" instead a verb "Assassinate".
Remove
Remove verb - To rid oneself of (a garment).
Assassinate is a synonym for remove in kill topic. Sometimes you can use "Assassinate" instead a verb "Remove".
Mutual synonyms
Related pairs
- liquidate and assassinate
- liquidate and remove
- eliminate and assassinate
- eliminate and remove
- dispatch and assassinate
- dispatch and remove
- murder and assassinate
- murder and remove
- exterminate and assassinate
- exterminate and remove
- get rid of and assassinate
- get rid of and remove
- do away with and assassinate
- do away with and remove
Common collocations
| character | assassinate character | remove character |
| people | assassinate people | remove people |
| characters | assassinate characters | remove characters |
| head | assassinate head | remove head |
Both words in one sentence
- He faces attempts by coalition of different factions to either assassinate him or remove him from power.
Source: Ruler Protagonist - Someone intended to assassinate the Buddha by sending one guy after him; then to remove the assassin by hiring two hitmen to wipe him out, then two each for those guys, then two more for those guys.
Source: Contract on the Hitman -
Frame-Up: The second season sees Guiscard trying to remove his brother King Innocentius VII from the picture (having been nothing but a hindrance so far)—first by imprisoning him, then trying to assassinate him.
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