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View usage for: (sleɪɪŋ) Word forms: plural slayingscountable nounA slaying is a murder. [mainly US] ...a trail of motiveless slayings. regional note: in BRIT, usually use killingSynonyms: killing, murder, massacre, assassination More Synonyms of slaying slaying in British English (ˈsleɪɪŋ) noun1. the act of killing The festival commemorates the slaying of the demon buffalo. 2. mainly US a murder a trail of motiveless slayings Synonyms of 'slaying'killing, murder, massacre, assassination More Synonyms of slaying a trail of motiveless slayings Additional synonymsThere have been six assassinations of senior politicians. Synonyms murder, killing, slaughter, purge, hit (slang), removal, elimination (slang), slaying, homicide, liquidation Definition slaughter an end to bloodshed and to the economic chaos Synonyms killing, murder, massacre, slaughter, slaying, carnage, butchery, blood-letting, blood bath Definition senseless slaughter War is simply a legalised form of butchery. Synonyms slaughter, killing, murder, massacre, bloodshed, carnage, mass murder, blood-letting, blood bath - slavery
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Additional synonymsDefinition extensive slaughter of people Their peaceful protest ended in carnage. Synonyms slaughter, murder, massacre, holocaust, havoc, bloodshed, shambles, mass murder, butchery, blood bath Definition the act of killing someone The police arrived at the scene of the homicide. Synonyms murder, killing, manslaughter, slaying, bloodshedDefinition the wanton or savage killing of large numbers of people She lost her mother in the massacre. Synonyms slaughter, killing, murder, holocaust, carnage, extermination, annihilation, butchery, mass slaughter, blood bath Definition the unlawful intentional killing of one human being by another The three accused are charged with attempted murder. Synonyms killing, homicide, massacre, assassination, slaying, bloodshed, carnage, butchery |