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Verb assassinate has 2 senses

assassinate - murder; especially of socially prominent persons; "Anwar Sadat was assassinated because many people did not like his peace politics with Israel"
--₁ is one way to kill

Derived forms: noun assassin₁, noun assassination₂, noun assassinator₁
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s somebody
assassinate - destroy or damage seriously, as of someone's reputation; "He assassinated his enemy's character"
--₂ is one way to defame, slander, smirch, asperse, denigrate, calumniate, smear, sully, besmirch

Derived form: noun assassination₁
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something
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