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assassinate someone
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assassinate — [[t]əsæ̱sɪneɪt[/t]] assassinates, assassinating, assassinated VERB When someone important is assassinated, they are murdered as a political act. [be V ed] Would the USA be radically different today if Kennedy had not been assassinated?... [V n]… … English dictionary
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