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How to pronounce “assassinate”
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Pronunciation guide for assassinate
- Learning goal
- Practice the English pronunciation of assassinate with real speech in context.
- Available examples
- 8 YouTube examples
- Real speech example
- The US Bombed Iran. Now What?
as well as directly looking to target and assassinate military leaders,
- Definition summary
- To murder someone, especially an important person, by a sudden or obscure attack, especially for ideological or political reasons. [from 17th c.]
Example 1 of 8
How to pronounce assassinate
The US Bombed Iran. Now What?

as well as directly looking to target and assassinate military leaders,
Example Sentences
A Deep Dive Into “assassinate”
Meaning
- [Verb]
- To murder someone, especially an important person, by a sudden or obscure attack, especially for ideological or political reasons. [from 17th c.]
- (figuratively) To harm, ruin, or defame severely or destroy by treachery, slander, libel, or obscure attack.
- [Noun]
- (obsolete) Assassination, murder.
- (obsolete) An assassin.
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