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verb (assassinates, assassinating, assassinated)
  1. To murder someone, especially an important person, by a sudden or obscure attack, especially for ideological or political reasons.
  2. (figurative) To harm, ruin, or defame severely or destroy by treachery, slander, libel, or obscure attack.
Etymology: From French, assassin or assassino, from (ARchar, ÙÙ) (haÅÅaÅÄn, hashish addicts).

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