slayverb [ T ]
uk/sleɪ/us/sleɪ/slew, slainUK old use or literary to kill in a violent way:
St George slew the dragon.
(used especially in newspapers) to murder someone:
He was found slain in an alley two blocks from his apartment.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Murder & attempted murder
- assassinate
- assassination
- attempt
- blow sb away
- blow sb's brains out idiom
- bump
- dispatch
- lynch
- lynch law
- manslaughter
- martyr
- martyred
- necklace
- poison
- shoot sb down
- slain
- slaying
- slew 1
- snuff sb out
- throttle
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