assassinated
/əˈsæsəˌneɪtɪd/
adjective
- Killed by a sudden, secret, or politically motivated attack.
- The museum displays artifacts from the assassinated president's era.
- The assassinated leader was mourned by millions around the world.
- A memorial was built for the assassinated civil rights activist.
Antonyms
verb
- Past tense of assassinate: murdered a prominent person, often for political reasons.
- The spy assassinated the general with a single shot.
- They assassinated the king in his own palace.
- The rebel group assassinated the governor last year.
- Past tense of assassinate: destroyed someone's reputation through slander.
- She felt the rumors assassinated her professional standing.
- The journalist claimed the politician assassinated his character in the press.
- The campaign team deliberately assassinated the rival's credibility.