slaying

Found in thesaurus: homicide

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slay
v. kill, murder, slaughter; destroy, exterminate; overwhelm, captivate (Slang)

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slaying

Noun
1. unlawful premeditated killing of a human being by a human being
(synonym) murder, execution
(hypernym) homicide
(hyponym) bloodshed, blood, gore
(derivation) murder, slay, hit, dispatch, bump off, polish off, remove

 
slay

Verb
1. kill intentionally and with premeditation; "The mafia boss ordered his enemies murdered"
(synonym) murder, hit, dispatch, bump off, polish off, remove
(hypernym) kill
(hyponym) burke
(derivation) killer, slayer


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slay
v. zabít; zavraždit

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)Download this dictionary
Slaying
(p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Slay
  

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Cherith
cutting; piercing; slaying
  

Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (1869) , by Roswell D. Hitchcock. About