assassinator
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as·sas·si·nate
(ə-săs′ə-nāt′)tr.v. as·sas·si·nat·ed, as·sas·si·nat·ing, as·sas·si·nates
1. To murder (a prominent person) by surprise attack, as for political reasons.
2. To destroy or injure treacherously: assassinate a rival's character.
as·sas′si·na′tion n.
as·sas′si·na′tive adj.
as·sas′si·na′tor n.
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assassinator
(əˈsæsɪˌneɪtə)n
a person who assassinates
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| Noun | 1. |  assassinator - a murderer (especially one who kills a prominent political figure) who kills by a surprise attack and often is hired to do the deed; "his assassins were hunted down like animals"; "assassinators of kings and emperors"political science, politics, government - the study of government of states and other political units liquidator, manslayer, murderer - a criminal who commits homicide (who performs the unlawful premeditated killing of another human being) |
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