assassiner
French → English
(crime) To assassinate: to murder someone intentionally, often a public figure or for a specific motive
Les historiens pensent que les Jésuites ont fait assassiner Henri IV.
(English) Historians believe that the Jesuits had Henri IV assassinated.
On a retrouvé les scélérats qui ont assassiné cette pauvre femme dans sa maison.
(English) The villains who assassinated that poor woman in her house were found.
(informal) To bore: to annoy or exhaust someone with excessive talk or ceremonies
Il va encore m'assassiner avec le récit interminable de ses vacances.
(English) He is going to bore me again with the endless story of his vacation.
Arrête de nous assassiner avec tes compliments exagérés et tes cérémonies.
(English) Stop boring us with your exaggerated compliments and ceremonies.
Entry ID: fr:en:assassiner · Source: refined · Type: vocabulary