Can one be assassinated (not character related) and NOT be dead?
We are trying to resolve a linguistic conflict around the definition of the word “assassinated”.
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If you turn to that trusty source, the Oxford English Dictionary, you will find that assassinate means to kill treacherously. There are no options. When you are assassinated, you are dead. The word comes from the word ‘hashish’ – the Old Man of the Mountain (in Persia) used to send men to kill those he found troublesome, or who stood in his way. He would feed his young assassins on hashish, convince them they were headed for a paradise filled with houris and wine once they completed their assignments. Hashishis (users of hashish) was corrupted over time, into hashashans, and then to assassins. But the object of their attentions was dead, no matter what the assassins were called.
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Outside of character assassination, you’d have to be dead.
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The Old Lady is right & has given the reply very concisely & clearly.
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no, here is the definition:
1. to kill suddenly or secretively, esp. a politically prominent person; murder premeditatedly and treacherously.
2. to destroy or harm treacherously and viciously: to assassinate a person’s character.
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I think that if it’s referring to an important person like the pres. of the USA then they would be dead, but if it’s like a peasant or common citizen then maybe just badly injured
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One cannot be assassinated and still be alive. If you refer to one’s character (ie. their reputation) it can be assassinated and still have the victim alive.
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How is that even possible?!?
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so look it up
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