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ASSASSINATED
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Dictionary entry overview: What does assassinated mean?
• ASSASSINATED (adjective)
The adjective ASSASSINATED has 1 sense:
1. murdered by surprise attack for political reasons
Familiarity information: ASSASSINATED used as an adjective is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Murdered by surprise attack for political reasons
Context example:
the 20th century has seen too many assassinated leaders
Similar:
dead (no longer having or seeming to have or expecting to have life)
Context examples
William and Justine were assassinated, and the murderer escapes; he walks about the world free, and perhaps respected.
(Frankenstein, by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley)
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