assassinate

[US]/əˈsæsɪneɪt/
[UK]/əˈsæsɪneɪt/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

vt. myrde i hemmelighed eller ved pludseligt angreb; angribe eller kritisere kraftfuldt.
Word Forms
Present Participleassassinating
Third Person Singularassassinates
Past Participleassassinated
Past Tenseassassinated
Pluralassassinates

Example Sentences

assassinate a rival's character.

at forgæve en rival's karakter.

assassinate a person's charater

udslette en persons karakter

a stillborn plot to assassinate the President.

en dødfødt plan om at myrde præsidenten.

At the entry for “kill”, my thesaurus lists“murder”, “assassinate”and “waste”.

Igennemgang af ordet 'kill' viser i min synonymordbog ordene 'mord', 'eksekvere' og 'spilde'.

the revelation of an alleged plot to assassinate the king.

afsløringen af en påstået plan om at myrde kongen.

The police exposed a criminal plot to assassinate the President.

Politiet afslørede en kriminel plan om at myrde præsidenten.

They were plotting how they would assassinate the President.

De planlagde, hvordan de skulle udslette Præsidenten.

The Secret Service smelled out a plot to assassinate the President.

Den hemmelige tjeneste opdagede en plan om at udslette Præsidenten.

He was executed in 1887for plotting to assassinate the tsar.

Han blev henrettet i 1887 for at have planlagt at myrde zar.

A plot to assassinate the banker has been uncovered by the police.

En plan om at myrde bankmanden er blevet afdækket af politiet.

Real-world Examples

There has been an attempt to assassinate me.

Der har været en forsøg på at morde mig.

Source: BBC Listening Collection August 2018

Late last week, an Iranian nuclear scientist was assassinated.

For nogle dage siden blev en iransk atomfysiker mordet.

Source: CNN 10 Student English December 2020 Collection

I mean, the president was just recently assassinated.

Jeg vil sige, at præsidenten blev netop mordet for nylig.

Source: VOA Standard English_Americas

Earlier this month, one of the candidates was assassinated.

Tidligere i denne måned blev en af kandidaterne mordet.

Source: AP Listening Collection August 2023

His widow said the results proved that he was assassinated. Imogen Foulkes reports.

Hans hustru sagde, at resultaterne bekræftede, at han blev mordet. Imogen Foulkes rapporterer.

Source: BBC Listening Collection November 2013

The police officer uncovered a conspiracy to assassinate the President.

Politibetjenten opdagede en konspiration om at morde præsidenten.

Source: IELTS Vocabulary: Category Recognition

Since Sun Ce took over his territory and then got assassinated.

Siden Sun Ce tog over hans område og derefter blev mordet.

Source: Interesting History

Said, " She should be killed. She should be assassinated. She's committed heresy."

Sagde: "Hun bør dø. Hun bør mordes. Hun har begået hæret."

Source: What it takes: Celebrity Interviews

We support all efforts to bring those who ordered Munir assassinated to account.

Vi støtter alle initiativer til at bringe dem, der gav ordre om at morde Munir, til ansvar.

Source: VOA Standard September 2014 Collection

He has led the government since President Jovenel Moise was assassinated on July 7.

Han har ledet regeringen siden præsident Jovenel Moise blev mordet den 7. juli.

Source: PBS English News

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