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Definition: Assassinated |
AssassinatedAdjective1. Murdered by surprise attack for political reasons; "the 20th century has een too many assassinated leaders". Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "assassinated" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1550. (references) |
Crosswords: Assassinated |
| English words defined with "assassinated": Abraham Lincoln, Andrew Johnson, Arthur, avowed ♦ Caligula, Charlotte Corday, Chester A. Arthur, Chester Alan Arthur, Corday ♦ Domitian ♦ Gaius, Gaius Caesar, Garfield, Grigori Efimovich Rasputin ♦ Hosni Mubarak ♦ Jack Kennedy, James A. Garfield, James Abraham Garfield, James Garfield, JFK, John Fitzgerald Kennedy, Johnson ♦ Kennedy ♦ LBJ, Leon Trotsky, Lev Davidovich Bronstein, Lincoln, Lyndon Baines Johnson, Lyndon Johnson ♦ Marie Anne Charlotte Corday d'Armont, McKinley, Mubarak ♦ President Andrew Johnson, President Arthur, President Garfield, President Johnson, President Kennedy, President Lincoln, President Lyndon Johnson, President McKinley, professed ♦ Rasputin ♦ Titus Flavius Domitianus, Trotsky ♦ William McKinley. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "assassinated": Baal-hazor ♦ Companions of Jehu, Curse of Scotland ♦ Dying Sayings ♦ Ishbosheth ♦ Jozachar ♦ Kings ♦ Seyd ♦ Woo-tee Dynasty. (references) |
| Domain | Usage | |
Screenplays | They told me you were assassinated in Hong Kong. (James Bond; writing credit: Themes . search . forum . members . store . about) That a substitute nurse assassinated him because she couldn't tell the doctors from the patients on the floor? (The Hospital; writing credit: Paddy Chayefsky) There were twelve, but four were assassinated. (Unstrung Heroes; writing credit: Richard LaGravenese) They told me you were assassinated in Hong Kong. (You Only Live Twice; writing credit: Roald Dahl) | |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | ||
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| Title | Author | Quote |
Les Miserables | Hugo, Victor | They had robbed, ravished, plundered, killed, assassinated. |
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Civil Liberties | Zimbabwe | They accused the newspaper of publishing articles demeaning former DRC President Laurent Kabila, who had been assassinated 1 week earlier. (references) |
Economic History | Lebanon | On September 14, however, he was assassinated. (references) |
Republic of Congo | On March 16, 1977, President Ngouabi was assassinated. (references) | |
Human Rights | Iraq | For example, assailants assassinated the governor of Arbil, Fransu Hariri. (references) |
Political Economy | Turkey | The Chief of Police of Diyarbakir was assassinated in winter 2001, apparently by Turkish Hizbullah, a fundamentalist Islamic terror organization. (references) |
Bangladesh | In 1981, President Ziaur Rahman, an army general (and founder of the BNP) who came to power in the turmoil following the death of Sheikh Mujib, was himself assassinated. (references) | |
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
| "Assassinated" is generally used as a lexical verb (past participle) -- approximately 80.47% of the time. "Assassinated" is used about 169 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Lexical Verb (past participle) | 80.47% | 136 | 27,260 |
| Lexical Verb (past tense) | 8.88% | 15 | 90,616 |
| Adjective (general or positive) | 8.88% | 15 | 90,616 |
| Noun (proper) | 1.78% | 3 | 202,518 |
| Total | 100.00% | 169 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Language | Translations for "assassinated"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||
Chinese | 刺杀 (Assassinate, Assassinating, Assassination). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
German | gemeuchelt, ermordete (murdered). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | assassinateday убивать убитый (murdered). (various references) mördad. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Misspellings | |
"Assassinated" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: asassinate, assasinate, assasinated, assassinare. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "assassinated" (pronounced usa"sunā'tud) |
| 8 | -a" s u n ā' t u d | fascinated. |
| 7 | -s u n ā' t u d | impersonated. |
| 6 | -u n ā' t u d | alienated, caffeinated, carbonated, chlorinated, contaminated, culminated, decaffeinated, decontaminated, denominated, detonated, discriminated, disseminated, dominated, eliminated, emanated, exterminated, germinated, halogenated, hydrogenated, hyphenated, illuminated, indoctrinated, laminated, marinated, nominated, opinionated, originated, oxygenated, pollinated, predominated, rejuvenated, renominated, resonated, ruminated, subordinated, terminated, uncontaminated. |
| 5 | -n ā' t u d | alternated, designated, donated, impregnated, reincarnated, stagnated. |
| 4 | -ā' t u d | abbreviated, abdicated, abrogated, accelerated, accentuated, acclimated, accommodated, accumulated, activated, adjudicated, adulterated, advocated, affiliated, aggravated, aggregated, agitated, alleviated, allocated, amalgamated, ameliorated, amputated, angulated, animated, annihilated, anticipated, antiquated, appreciated, appropriated, approximated, arbitrated, articulated, aspirated, assimilated, associated, attenuated, authenticated, automated, backdated, bifurcated, calculated, calibrated, capitulated, captivated, castigated, castrated, celebrated, circulated, collaborated, commemorated, communicated, compensated, complicated, concentrated, confiscated, congratulated, congregated, consecrated, consolidated, constipated, consummated, contemplated, cooperated, correlated, corroborated, corrugated, crenelated, cultivated, deactivated, debilitated, decapitated, decelerated, decimated, decorated, degenerated, delegated, deliberated, delineated, demonstrated, denigrated, depreciated, desegregated, deteriorated, devaluated, devastated, deviated, dictated, differentiated, dilapidated, disintegrated, dissipated, domesticated, duplicated, educated, elevated, elucidated, emaciated, emancipated, emasculated, emigrated, emulated, encapsulated, enumerated, enunciated, eradicated, escalated, estimated, evacuated, evaluated, evaporated, eviscerated, exacerbated, exaggerated, exasperated, excavated, excommunicated, excoriated, exhilarated, exonerated, expropriated, extrapolated, extricated, fabricated, facilitated, federated, fixated, flagellated, fluctuated, formulated, frustrated, generated, glaciated, graduated, gravitated, gyrated, hesitated, humiliated, hydrated, illustrated, imitated, immigrated, implicated, inactivated, inaugurated, incapacitated, incarcerated, incinerated, incorporated, inculcated, indicated, infatuated, infiltrated, infuriated, initiated, innovated, inoculated, instigated, insulated, integrated, interpolated, interrogated, intimated, intimidated, intoxicated, inundated, invalidated, investigated, invigorated, irradiated, irrigated, irritated, isolated, legislated, levitated, liberated, liquidated, litigated, located, lubricated, mandated, manipulated, masturbated, mediated, medicated, migrated, misallocated, misappropriated, miscalculated, mitigated, moderated, motivated, mutated, mutilated, narrated, nauseated, navigated, necessitated, negotiated, nonregulated, obligated, obliterated, officiated, operated, orchestrated, orientated, outdated, overestimated, overregulated, overstated, participated, penetrated, perforated, permeated, perpetrated, perpetuated, pontificated, populated, precipitated, predicated, prefabricated, premeditated, prognosticated, proliferated, promulgated, propagated, punctuated, radiated, reactivated, reallocated, rebated, recalculated, reciprocated, recreated, redecorated, reevaluated, reformulated, refrigerated, regenerated, regulated, rehabilitated, reintegrated, reinvigorated, reiterated, relegated, renegotiated, renovated, repatriated, replicated, repudiated, resuscitated, retaliated, reverberated, rotated, salivated, saturated, segregated, separated, serrated, simulated, situated, sophisticated, speculated, stalemated, stimulated, stipulated, subjugated, substantiated, suffocated, syncopated, syndicated, tabulated, titillated, tolerated, truncated, unadulterated, unaffiliated, unallocated, unanticipated, unappreciated, uncompensated, uncomplicated, unconsolidated, underestimated, understated, undifferentiated, uneducated, unincorporated, uninitiated, unmitigated, unregulated, unsaturated, unsophisticated, unsubstantiated, venerated, ventilated. |
| 3 | -t u d | abated, abducted, abetted, aborted, abstracted, abutted, accented, accepted, accosted, accounted, accredited, acquainted, acquitted, acted, adapted, addicted, adjusted, admitted, adopted, affected, afflicted, affronted, airlifted, alerted, allotted, amounted, annotated, anted, appointed, arrested, assaulted, asserted, assisted, assorted, attempted, attested, attracted, attributed, audited, augmented, averted, awaited, baited, bankrupted, bated, batted, belated, belted, benefited, benefitted, benighted, berated, bested, bigoted, blacklisted, blanketed, blasted, blighted, bloated, blunted, blurted, boasted, boated, bolted, boosted, booted, boycotted, breasted, budgeted, busted, carbureted, carotid, carpeted, carted, catapulted, cemented, chanted, charted, chatted, cheated, chested, circuited, circumvented, cited, closeted, clotted, coasted, coated, coexisted, collected, comforted, commented, committed, commuted, compacted, competed, complemented, completed, complimented, computed, conceited, concerted, concocted, conducted, conflicted, confronted, congested, conjugated, connected, conscripted, consented, consisted, constituted, constricted, constructed, consulted, contacted, contented, contested, contorted, contracted, contradicted, contrasted, contributed, converted, convicted, convoluted, coordinated, copyrighted, corrected, corrupted, costed, counted, counteracted, counterfeited, courted, coveted, crafted, created, credited, cremated, crested, crusted, darted, dated, daunted, debated, dedicated, deducted, defaulted, defeated, defected, deflated, deflected, dehydrated, dejected, deleted, delighted, delisted, demented, demoted, denoted, dented, departed, depicted, depleted, deported, deposited, deregulated, desecrated, deserted, destructed, detected, detested, detracted, devoted, digested, dilated, diluted, directed, disaffected, disappointed, disassociated, disconnected, discontented, discounted, discredited, disenchanted, disgusted, disinterested, disinvited, disjointed, dislocated, disoriented, dispirited, disputed, disrespected, disrupted, dissected, dissented, distorted, distracted, distributed, distrusted, diverted, divested, documented, dotted, doubted, drafted, drifted, dusted, edited, effected, ejected, elaborated, elated, elected, electrocuted, elicited, elongated, emitted, enacted, enchanted, encrusted, encrypted, enlisted, entrusted, equated, erected, erupted, escorted, evicted, exacted, exalted, excepted, excerpted, excited, executed, exempted, exerted, exhausted, exhibited, exhorted, existed, exited, expected, expedited, experimented, exploited, exported, extorted, extracted, extradited, extroverted, exulted, faceted, fainted, fainthearted, farsighted, fasted, fated, faulted, feasted, fermented, ferreted, feted, fetid, filleted, fingerprinted, fisted, fitted, flabbergasted, flaunted, flirted, floated, flouted, foisted, fomented, footed, footnoted, forecasted, forested, forfeited, fragmented, frequented, fretted, fronted, frosted, gated, gifted, gloated, glutted, grafted, granted, grated, greeted, grunted, guested, gusted, gutted, halfhearted, hallucinated, halted, handcrafted, harvested, hated, hearted, heated, helmeted, highlighted, hinted, hoisted, hooted, hosted, hunted, ignited, impacted, imparted, implanted, implemented, imported, imprinted, imputed, incited, indebted, indicted, indited, inducted, infected, infested, inflated, inflected, inflicted, ingested, inhabited, inherited, inhibited, injected, inserted, insinuated, insisted, inspected, instituted, instructed, insulted, interacted, intercepted, interconnected, interdicted, interested, interjected, interpreted, interrelated, interrupted, intersected, introverted, invented, inverted, invested, invited, jacketed, jetted, jilted, jointed, jolted, jotted, knighted, knitted, knotted, lambasted, lamented, lasted, lifted, lighted, lighthearted, limited, listed, looted, lusted, maladjusted, malted, maltreated, manifested, marketed, masted, mated, melted, merited, meted, minted, misdirected, misinterpreted, misquoted, misreported, misrepresented, misstated, mistreated, mistrusted, modulated, molested, mounted, multifaceted, muted, nearsighted, negated, neglected, nested, netted, noted, objected, obstructed, omitted, opted, orbited, oriented, ornamented, ousted, outed, outfitted, outlasted, outvoted, overacted, overexcited, overheated, overpopulated, overrated, overreacted, overrepresented, overweighted, painted, panted, parachuted, parted, pasted, patented, patted, pelleted, pelted, perfected, permitted, persecuted, persisted, perverted, petted, picketed, piloted, pinpointed, pirated, pitted, pivoted, planted, plated, plotted, plummeted, pocketed, pointed, polluted, ported, posited, posted, potted, pouted, predated, predicted, preempted, preexisted, presented, prevented, printed, profited, prohibited, projected, promoted, prompted, prorated, prosecuted, protected, protested, protracted, purported, putted, quieted, quilted, quoted, rafted, ranted, ratcheted, rated, reacted, readjusted, readmitted, reappointed, rearrested, reasserted, rebutted, recanted, recited, recollected, reconnected, reconstituted, reconstructed, recounted, recruited, redacted, redirected, redistributed, redrafted, reelected, reenacted, refitted, reflected, refuted, regimented, regretted, reignited, reinstated, reinstituted, reinterpreted, reinvented, reinvested, reinvited, rejected, related, relented, relocated, remarketed, remitted, rented, repainted, repeated, repented, replanted, reported, represented, reprinted, reputed, requested, rerouted, resented, resisted, resorted, respected, restarted, restated, rested, restricted, resubmitted, resulted, resurrected, retested, retorted, retracted, retreated, retrofitted, reunited, reverted, revisited, revolted, righted, rioted, riveted, roasted, rocketed, roosted, rooted, rotted, rusted, rutted, sainted, salted, saluted, sandblasted, sated, scapegoated, scented, scouted, scripted, sculpted, seated, secreted, sedated, segmented, selected, shafted, shifted, shorted, shortsighted, shouted, shunted, sifted, sighted, silhouetted, sited, skated, skirted, skyrocketed, slanted, slated, slighted, slotted, snorted, solicited, sorted, spirited, sported, spotlighted, spotted, spouted, sprinted, sprouted, spurted, squirted, started, stated, stilted, stunted, subcontracted, subjected, submitted, substituted, subtracted, subverted, suggested, suited, superheated, supplanted, supplemented, supported, surmounted, suspected, swatted, sweated, tainted, talented, targeted, tasted, taunted, tempted, tested, throated, thwarted, ticketed, tightfisted, tilted, tinted, toasted, tormented, toted, touted, transacted, transected, translated, transmitted, transplanted, transported, treated, trotted, trumpeted, trusted, tufted, twisted, unabated, unaccounted, unaccredited, unadjusted, unaffected, unassisted, unaudited, unbolted, uncharted, uncoated, uncollected, uncommitted, uncompleted, unconnected, uncontested, uncontradicted, unconverted, uncoordinated, uncorrected, uncorroborated, uncounted, undated, undaunted, undefeated, undercounted, underrated, underreported, underrepresented, undetected, undiluted, undisputed, undistributed, undocumented, undoubted, unedited, unelected, unexpected, unexploited, unindicted, uninfected, uninhabited, uninhibited, uninterested, uninterrupted, uninvited, United, unlimited, unlisted, unmolested, unobstructed, unpainted, unprecedented, unprotected, unrated, unreconstructed, unrelated, unreported, unrepresented, unrequited, unrestricted, unscripted, unseated, unsolicited, unstated, unsuited, unsupported, unsuspected, untainted, untested, untreated, unwanted, unwarranted, updated, uplifted, uprooted, vacated, vaccinated, vacillated, validated, vatted, vaulted, vaunted, vented, vested, vetted, vindicated, violated, visited, voted, wafted, waited, wanted, warranted, wasted, weighted, whetted, whited, wholehearted, wilted, witted, worsted, wrested. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-a-a-d-e-i-n-s-s-s-s-t" | |
-1 letter: assassinate. | |
-3 letters: diastases, staidness. | |
-4 letters: anatases, assassin, assisted, astasias, destains, diastase, disseats, dissents, entasias, sandiest, sassiest, sestinas. | |
-5 letters: anatase, ansated, assents, assists, astasia, dassies, desists, destain, detains, disseat, dissent, entasia, entasis, instead, naiades, nasties, sadists, sadness, sainted, sanseis, sassies, sestina, siestas, snidest, stadias, stained, taenias, tansies, tassies, tisanes. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. SCRABBLE® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro. | |
Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)41 73 73 61 73 73 69 6E 61 74 65 64 |
| Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)
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| American Sign Language (origins from 1620-1817 in Italy and, especially, France) (references)
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| Semaphore (1791, in France) (references)
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| Braille (1829, in France) (references)
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Morse Code (1836) (references).- ... ... .- ... ... .. -. .- - . -.. |
| Dancing Men (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, 1903) (references)
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01000001 01110011 01110011 01100001 01110011 01110011 01101001 01101110 01100001 01110100 01100101 01100100 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)A s s a s s i n a t e d |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0041 0073 0073 0061 0073 0073 0069 006E 0061 0074 0065 0064 |
| British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)358585678585758067867170 |
| 1. Definition 2. Crosswords 3. Usage: Modern 4. Usage: Commercial | 5. Images: Slideshow 6. Quotations: Fiction 7. Quotations: Non-fiction 8. Usage Frequency | 9. Expressions: Internet 10. Translations: Modern 11. Derivations 12. Rhymes | 13. Anagrams 14. Orthography 15. Bibliography |
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