slaying

slay

S0468100 (slā)tr.v. slew (slo͞o) or slayed or slain (slān) or slayed, slay·ing, slays 1. To kill violently.2. Slang To overwhelm, as with laughter or love: Those old jokes still slay me.

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[Middle English slen, slayen, from Old English slēan.]

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slay′er n.

slaying

(ˈsleɪɪŋ) nthe act of killinga murder

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

slaying - unlawful premeditated killing of a human being by a human beingmurder, executionhomicide - the killing of a human being by another human beingassassination - murder of a public figure by surprise attackbloodshed, gore - the shedding of blood resulting in murder; "he avenged the bloodshed of his kinsmen"contract killing - a murder carried out on agreement with a hired killerparricide - the murder of your own father or mothermariticide - the murder of a husband by his wifefratricide - the murder of your siblinguxoricide - the murder of a wife by her husbandfilicide - the murder of your own son or daughterliquidation, elimination - the murder of a competitorcarnage, mass murder, massacre, slaughter, butchery - the savage and excessive killing of many peoplelynching - putting a person to death by mob action without due process of lawregicide - the act of killing a kingdry-gulching - the act of killing from ambushhit - a murder carried out by an underworld syndicate; "it has all the earmarks of a Mafia hit"infanticide - murdering an infantshoot-down - murder by shooting someone down in cold bloodtyrannicide - killing a tyrantthuggee - murder and robbery by thugs

slaying

noun killing, murder, massacre, assassination, manslaughter, homicide, bloodshed, carnage, butchery a trail of motiveless slayings

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