slay

slay  (sl)

tr.v. slew (sl), slain (sln), slay·ing, slays

1. To kill violently.

2. past tense and past participle often slayed 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 slan.]

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slayer n.

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slay

Verb

[slaying, slew, slain] Archaic or literary to kill, esp. violently [Old English slēan]

slayer n

Thesaurus

Verb

1.

slay - kill intentionally and with premeditation; "The mafia boss ordered his enemies murdered" murder, off, bump off, polish off, dispatch, remove, hit kill - cause to die; put to death, usually intentionally or knowingly; "This man killed several people when he tried to rob a bank"; "The farmer killed a pig for the holidays" burke - murder without leaving a trace on the body execute - murder in a planned fashion; "The Mafioso who collaborated with the police was executed"

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slay

verb 1. (Archaic), (literary) kill, destroy, slaughter, eliminate, massacre, butcher, dispatch, annihilate, exterminate

verb 2. murder, kill, assassinate, do in (slang) eliminate, massacre, slaughter, do away with, exterminate, mow down, rub out U.S. (slang)

Translations

slay [pt slew, pp slain] [sleɪ, sluː, sleɪn] vt (literary) → matar

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slay [slew , pt , slain , pp ] [sleɪ, sluː, sleɪn] vt (literary) → tuer

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slay [sleɪ] [slew , pt , slain , pp ] vt (liter) → erschlagen

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slay [pt slew, pp slain] [sleɪ, sluː, sleɪn] vt (also: formal) → uccidere