As of 2019, Starbucks opens a new store every 15 hours in China. The coffee chain has grown by 700% over the past decade.
assassinated
(adjective) murdered by surprise attack for political reasons; “the 20th century has seen too many assassinated leaders”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
assassinated
simple past tense and past participle of assassinate
Source: Wiktionary
As*sas"sin*ate, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Assassinated; p. pr. & vb. n. Assassinating.] Etym: [LL. assassinatus, p. p. of assassinare.]
1. To kill by surprise or secret assault; to murder by treacherous violence. Help, neighbors, my house is broken open by force, and I am ravished, and like to be assassinated. Dryden.
2. To assail with murderous intent; hence, by extended meaning, to maltreat exceedingly. [Archaic] Your rhymes assassinate our fame. Dryden. Such usage as your honorable lords Afford me, assassinated and betrayed. Milton.
Syn.
– To kill; murder; slay. See Kill.
As*sas"sin*ate, n. Etym: [F. assassinat.]
1. An assassination, murder, or murderous assault. [Obs.] If I had made an assassinate upon your father. B. Jonson.
2. An assassin. [Obs.] Dryden.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
24 February 2025
(noun) (astronomy) position of a planet as defined by its angular distance from its perihelion (as observed from the sun)
As of 2019, Starbucks opens a new store every 15 hours in China. The coffee chain has grown by 700% over the past decade.