Assassinate

imp. & p. p. Assassinated; p. pr. & vb. n. Assassinating

1. To kill by surprise or secret assault; to murder by treacherous violence.

   Help, neighbors, my house is broken open by force, and I am ravished, and like to be assassinated.

2. To assail with murderous intent; hence, by extended meaning, to maltreat exceedingly. [Archaic]

   Your rhymes assassinate our fame.

   Such usage as your honorable lords Afford me, assassinated and betrayed.

1. An assassination, murder, or murderous assault. [Obs.]

   If I had made an assassinate upon your father.

2. An assassin. [Obs.]