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slain

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slain  (sln)
v.
Past participle of slay.
slain [sleɪn]
vb
the past participle of slay
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.slainslain - people who have been slain (as in battle)
dead - people who are no longer living; "they buried the dead"
Adj.1.slain - killed; `slain' is formal or literary as in "slain warriors"; "a picture of St. George and the slain dragon"
dead - no longer having or seeming to have or expecting to have life; "the nerve is dead"; "a dead pallor"; "he was marked as a dead man by the assassin"
Translations
slain [sleɪn]
A. PP of slay
B. NPL the slain → los caídos mpl
slain [sleɪn]
1. pp of slay
2. npl (liter) the slain → i caduti
slain [sleɪn]
1. pp of slay
2. npl (liter) the slain → i caduti
slain slay


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Shortly afterwards, at the harvest festival, the owner released the Ox from his yoke, but bound the Heifer with cords and led him away to the altar to be slain in honor of the occasion.
Fables by Aesop View in context
Antigone, daughter of Oedipus, the late king of Thebes, in defiance of Creon who rules in his stead, resolves to bury her brother Polyneices, slain in his attack on Thebes.
Antigone by Sophocles View in context
Evil that plagued us is slain, Death in the garden lies dead.
The Jungle Book by Kipling, Rudyard View in context
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