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assassin 音标拼音: [əs'æsən] n. 暗杀者,刺客 暗杀者,刺客 assassin n 1: a murderer (especially one who kills a prominent political figure) who kills by a surprise attack and often is hired to do the deed; "his assassins were hunted down like animals"; "assassinators of kings and emperors" [synonym: {assassin}, {assassinator}, {bravo}] 2: a member of a secret order of Muslims (founded in the 12th century) who terrorized and killed Christian Crusaders Assassin \As*sas"sin\, n. [F. (cf. It. assassino), fr. Ar. `hashishin one who has drunk of the hashish. Under its influence the Assassins of the East, followers of the Shaikh al-Jabal (Old Man of the Mountain), were said to commit the murders required by their chief.] One who kills, or attempts to kill, by surprise or secret assault; one who treacherously murders any one unprepared for defense. [1913 Webster] Assassin \As*sas"sin\, v. t. To assassinate. [Obs.] --Stillingfleet. [1913 Webster] 45 Moby Thesaurus words for "assassin": Cain, alarmist, apache, assassinator, bloodletter, bloodshedder, bomber, bravo, burker, butcher, button man, cannibal, cutthroat, desperado, eradicator, executioner, exterminator, garroter, gorilla, gun, gunman, gunsel, hatchet man, head-hunter, hit man, homicidal maniac, homicide, killer, man-eater, man-killer, manslayer, massacrer, matador, murderer, pesticide, poison, poisoner, scaremonger, slaughterer, slayer, strangler, terrorist, thug, torpedo, trigger man ASSASSIN, crim, law. An assassin is one who attacks another either
traitorously, or with the advantage of arms or place) or of a number of persons who support him, and kills his victim. This being done with malice, aforethought, is murder. The term assassin is but little used in the common law, it is borrowed from the civil law.
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