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verbslain, slew, slayed sleɪsleɪ 1archaic, literary with object Kill (a person or animal) in a violent way. St George slew the dragon Example sentencesExamples - In the same sector, on the evening of February 22, 2003, a dog was slain by the beast that prowls the Candelero Abajo Sector.
- She did just that and on a day in August slew the beast, just as St. George did the Dragon.
- They crawled out, brushed one another clean, slid the saloon-pistols down a trouser-leg, and hurried forth to a deep and solitary Devonshire lane in whose flanks a boy might sometimes slay a young rabbit.
- ‘It looked like a big, dirty white dog,’ says motorcycle cop Paul Lucier, who slew the beast on St-Joseph.
- In certain African tribes, one had to slay a lion to prove one's manhood.
Synonyms murder, killing, homicide, putting to death, execution, butchery, slaughter, massacre, assassination, dispatch, destruction, extermination informal liquidation rare mactation - 1.1North American Murder (someone)
a man was slain with a shotgun Example sentencesExamples - Those with less time will be better off with Andromache, the story of a woman forced to marry her husband's murderer to prevent him slaying her son.
- Michael Mitchell had a satisfying little existence going until the tragic day his son was slain in a gangland shootout.
- He was killed when his plane was shot down and that only encouraged the Hutu militia to slay Tutsi men, women and children, anywhere they could find them.
- Barnes was slain in a double murder one week before the Baltimore Ravens selected Lewis in the first round of the 1996 NFL draft.
- When the IRA bombed Hyde Park in 1982 four members of the distinguished regiment and seven horses were slain.
Synonyms kill, murder, put to death, do to death, put to the sword, butcher, cut down, cut to pieces, slaughter, massacre, shoot down, gun down, mow down, assassinate, execute, dispatch, destroy, eliminate, annihilate, exterminate, dispose of
2informal with object Greatly impress or amuse (someone) you slay me, you really do Example sentencesExamples - One thing that slew me about Warburton's performance as the Tick: instead of the constant bluster of the cartoon voice, he would occasionally drop to a hushed tones that were pure Adam West.
- It's Saturday night, you want to go to the movies, every single one of them will sort of amuse you but not one of them is going to slay you.
- This group, the godfathers of World music, slayed me in '71 with their eponymous debut album.
- If I hadn't got them autographs and they'd found out I'd been in the great woman's orbit, they'd have slain me.
- After the title track slays you with its intro - a minute plus of sweet guitar licks - the dual, give-and-take boy-girl lead vocals will capture your heart until you're screaming along without even knowing the words.
- Even if he had slain the government on tax cuts, he could not have won.
- And she's an eccentric Aquarius, which slays me every time.
- It's the usual laughably inane business, but this one part slayed me with its sheer genius.
- The catchphrase was delivered with a look of saucer-eyed amazement which slayed the studio audience every time.
- Even though I think 80s music was pretty bad, the nostalgia's slaying me every time.
Synonyms amuse greatly, convulse with mirth/laughter, entertain greatly, make someone laugh informal have people rolling in the aisles, make someone crack up, kill, knock dead, be the death of, wow, be a hit with British informal crease up - 2.1no object Be extremely impressive, stylish, or successful.
Origin Old English slēan 'strike, kill', of Germanic origin; related to Dutch slaan and German schlagen. Rhymes affray, agley, aka, allay, Angers, A-OK, appellation contrôlée, array, assay, astray, au fait, auto-da-fé, away, aweigh, aye, bay, belay, betray, bey, Bombay, Bordet, boulevardier, bouquet, brae, bray, café au lait, Carné, cassoulet, Cathay, chassé, chevet, chez, chiné, clay, convey, Cray, crème brûlée, crudités, cuvée, cy-pres, day, decay, deejay, dégagé, distinguée, downplay, dray, Dufay, Dushanbe, eh, embay, engagé, essay, everyday, faraway, fay, fey, flay, fray, Frey, fromage frais, gainsay, Gaye, Genet, giclee, gilet, glissé, gray, grey, halfway, hay, heigh, hey, hooray, Hubei, Hué, hurray, inveigh, jay, jeunesse dorée, José, Kay, Kaye, Klee, Kray, Lae, lay, lei, Littré, Lough Neagh, lwei, Mae, maguey, Malay, Mallarmé, Mandalay, Marseilles, may, midday, midway, mislay, misplay, Monterrey, Na-Dene, nay, né, née, neigh, Ney, noway, obey, O'Dea, okay, olé, outlay, outplay, outstay, outweigh, oyez, part-way, pay, Pei, per se, pince-nez, play, portray, pray, prey, purvey, qua, Quai d'Orsay, Rae, rangé, ray, re, reflet, relevé, roman-à-clef, Santa Fé, say, sei, Shar Pei, shay, sleigh, sley, spae, spay, Spey, splay, spray, stay, straightaway, straightway, strathspey, stray, Sui, survey, sway, Taipei, Tay, they, today, tokay, Torbay, Tournai, trait, tray, trey, two-way, ukiyo-e, underlay, way, waylay, Wei, weigh, wey, Whangarei, whey, yea verbsleɪslā 1literary, archaic with object Kill (a person or animal) in a violent way. St. George slew the dragon Example sentencesExamples - In certain African tribes, one had to slay a lion to prove one's manhood.
- She did just that and on a day in August slew the beast, just as St. George did the Dragon.
- They crawled out, brushed one another clean, slid the saloon-pistols down a trouser-leg, and hurried forth to a deep and solitary Devonshire lane in whose flanks a boy might sometimes slay a young rabbit.
- ‘It looked like a big, dirty white dog,’ says motorcycle cop Paul Lucier, who slew the beast on St-Joseph.
- In the same sector, on the evening of February 22, 2003, a dog was slain by the beast that prowls the Candelero Abajo Sector.
Synonyms murder, killing, homicide, putting to death, execution, butchery, slaughter, massacre, assassination, dispatch, destruction, extermination kill, murder, put to death, do to death, put to the sword, butcher, cut down, cut to pieces, slaughter, massacre, shoot down, gun down, mow down, assassinate, execute, dispatch, destroy, eliminate, annihilate, exterminate, dispose of - 1.1North American Murder (someone)
a man was slain with a shotgun Example sentencesExamples - When the IRA bombed Hyde Park in 1982 four members of the distinguished regiment and seven horses were slain.
- Michael Mitchell had a satisfying little existence going until the tragic day his son was slain in a gangland shootout.
- He was killed when his plane was shot down and that only encouraged the Hutu militia to slay Tutsi men, women and children, anywhere they could find them.
- Barnes was slain in a double murder one week before the Baltimore Ravens selected Lewis in the first round of the 1996 NFL draft.
- Those with less time will be better off with Andromache, the story of a woman forced to marry her husband's murderer to prevent him slaying her son.
Synonyms kill, murder, put to death, do to death, put to the sword, butcher, cut down, cut to pieces, slaughter, massacre, shoot down, gun down, mow down, assassinate, execute, dispatch, destroy, eliminate, annihilate, exterminate, dispose of
2informal with object Greatly impress or amuse (someone) you slay me, you really do Example sentencesExamples - It's Saturday night, you want to go to the movies, every single one of them will sort of amuse you but not one of them is going to slay you.
- After the title track slays you with its intro - a minute plus of sweet guitar licks - the dual, give-and-take boy-girl lead vocals will capture your heart until you're screaming along without even knowing the words.
- This group, the godfathers of World music, slayed me in '71 with their eponymous debut album.
- One thing that slew me about Warburton's performance as the Tick: instead of the constant bluster of the cartoon voice, he would occasionally drop to a hushed tones that were pure Adam West.
- Even if he had slain the government on tax cuts, he could not have won.
- Even though I think 80s music was pretty bad, the nostalgia's slaying me every time.
- It's the usual laughably inane business, but this one part slayed me with its sheer genius.
- The catchphrase was delivered with a look of saucer-eyed amazement which slayed the studio audience every time.
- And she's an eccentric Aquarius, which slays me every time.
- If I hadn't got them autographs and they'd found out I'd been in the great woman's orbit, they'd have slain me.
Synonyms make an impression on, have an impact on, influence, affect, leave a mark on, move, stir, rouse, excite, inspire, galvanize amuse greatly, convulse with laughter, convulse with mirth, entertain greatly, make someone laugh - 2.1no object Be extremely impressive, stylish, or successful.
Origin Old English slēan ‘strike, kill’, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch slaan and German schlagen. |