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assassinated - 13 thesaurus results
| Main Entry: | assassinate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | murder prominent or important person |
| Synonyms: | bump off*, do in*, eliminate, execute, hit, kill, knock off*, liquidate, slaughter, slay, gun down |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | slain |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | slaughtered |
| Synonyms: | dead, assassinated, killed, murdered |
| Main Entry: | dispatch |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | kill |
| Synonyms: | assassinate, bump off*, butcher*, destroy, eliminate, execute, finish, murder, put away*, slaughter, slay, finish off*, put end to, take out* |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | do in |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | destroy; exhaust |
| Synonyms: | assassinate, bankrupt, bump off*, butcher*, cool*, dispatch, do away with*, eliminate, execute, fatigue, finish, frazzle*, kill, knock out*, liquidate, murder, put away*, ruin, shatter, slaughter, slay, tire, wear out, weary, wreck, dilapidate |
| Antonyms: | bear, create, invent |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | execute |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | kill |
| Synonyms: | assassinate, behead, bump off*, do in*, electrocute, eliminate, finish, gas, guillotine, hang, knock off*, liquidate, murder, purge, put away*, shoot, put to death |
| Antonyms: | bear, create |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | finish |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | defeat; kill |
| Synonyms: | annihilate, assassinate, best*, bring down*, destroy, dispatch, dispose of, do in*, down, execute, exterminate, get rid of*, liquidate, overcome, overpower, put away*, rout, rub out*, ruin, slaughter, slay, take off*, vaporize, worst*, carry off*, put an end to, take out* |
| Antonyms: | bear, create |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | kill |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | deprive of existence; destroy |
| Synonyms: | annihilate, asphyxiate, assassinate, crucify, dispatch, do away with*, do in*, drown, dump, electrocute, eradicate, erase*, execute, exterminate, extirpate, finish, get*, guillotine, hang, hit*, liquidate, lynch, massacre, murder, neutralize, obliterate, off*, poison, polish off*, put away*, rub out*, sacrifice, slaughter, slay, smother, snuff, strangle, suffocate, waste*, wipe out*, zap*, X-out, garrote, immolate, put to death |
| Antonyms: | bear, create, give birth |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | knock off |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | kill |
| Synonyms: | assassinate, bump off, chill, dispatch, dispose of, do away with*, do away with, do in*, do in, dust*, dust, eliminate, execute, finish, grease, hit, ice, kill, liquidate, murder, off, rub out*, rub out, shoot, slay, snuff out, stab, waste, wax, whack, zap, blow away, stretch out |
| Antonyms: | bear, create |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | murder |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | kill |
| Synonyms: | abolish, asphyxiate, assassinate, behead, bump off*, butcher, chill*, cool*, decapitate, defeat, destroy, dispatch, do in*, drub*, electrocute, eliminate, eradicate, execute, exterminate, extinguish, finish, guillotine, hang, hit*, knife, knock off*, liquidate, lynch, mangle, mar, massacre, misuse, off*, put away*, rub out*, ruin, shoot, slaughter, slay, smother, snuff, spoil, strangle, thrash*, waste*, blot out*, dust off*, garotte, take a life, take for a ride, take out* |
| Notes: | the general term for the killing of a person by another is homicide; murder is either the intentional killing or malicious killing of another; manslaughter is the unintentional, accidental killing of another through carelessness |
| Antonyms: | guard, preserve, protect, save |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | put away |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | kill |
| Synonyms: | assassinate, bury, cool*, cut off, destroy, dispatch, do away with, do in*, execute, finish, inter, knock off*, liquidate, murder, plant, put down*, slay, tomb, dust off*, put out of its misery, put to sleep |
| Antonyms: | give birth |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | remove |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | do away with; kill |
| Synonyms: | assassinate, dispose of, do in*, drag, efface, eliminate, eradicate, erase, exclude, execute, expunge, exterminate, extirpate, get rid of, liquidate, murder, obliterate, purge, scratch, sterilize, take down, waste*, wipe out*, blot out*, clear away, drag down, take out |
| Antonyms: | plant, sow, give birth |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | slay |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | kill |
| Synonyms: | annihilate, assassinate, butcher, cut off, destroy, dispatch, do*, do away with, do in*, down*, eliminate, erase, execute, exterminate, finish, hit, knock off*, liquidate, massacre, murder, neutralize, put away*, rub out*, slaughter, snuff*, waste* |
| Antonyms: | bear, create, give birth |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | get rid of |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | discard |
| Synonyms: | assassinate, chuck, cut, dispose of, ditch, do away with, dump, eighty-six, eliminate, exclude, expel, exterminate, kill, omit, reject, remove, slaughter, throw away, throw out, cast aside, deep-six, part with |
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