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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.

[Middle English slen, slayen, from Old English slan.]

slayer n.

slay [sleɪ]
vb slays, slaying, slew, slain (tr)
1. Archaic or literary to kill, esp violently
2. Slang to impress (someone of the opposite sex)
3. Obsolete to strike
[Old English slēan; related to Old Norse slā, Gothic, Old High German slahan to strike, Old Irish slacaim I beat]
slayer  n
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Verb1.slay - kill intentionally and with premeditation; "The mafia boss ordered his enemies murdered"
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"

slay
verb
1. (Archaic or literary) kill, destroy, slaughter, eliminate, massacre, butcher, dispatch, annihilate, exterminate the hill where he slew the dragon
2. murder, kill, assassinate, do in (slang), eliminate, massacre, slaughter, do away with, exterminate, mow down, rub out (U.S. slang) Two Australian tourists were slain.
Translations
slay [sleɪ] (slew (pt) (slain (pp))) VT
1. (poet) (= kill) → matar
2.hacer morir de risa
this will slay youesto os hará morir de risa
you slay me! (iro) → ¡qué divertido!

slay [ˈsleɪ] [slew] (pt) [slain] (pp) vttuer

slay pret <slew>, ptp <slain>
vterschlagen; (with gun etc, esp US: = kill) → ermorden; this will slay you (inf)da lachst du dich tot! (inf); he really slays me (inf)ich könnte mich über ihn totlachen (inf)

slay [sleɪ] (slew (pt) (slain (pp))) vt (liter) (kill) → uccidere
slay [sleɪ] (slew (pt) (slain (pp))) vt (liter) (kill) → uccidere

slay
v slay [slei]
to kill Cain slew his brother Abel. doodmaak, vermoor يَذْبَح، يَقْتُل убивам zabít slå ihjel erschlagen φονεύω matar surmama كشتن surmata tuer לַהֲרוֹג मार डालना, वध करना ubiti, pogubiti (meg)öl membunuh drepa uccidere 殺す 죽이다 nužudyti noslepkavot; nogalināt membunuh doden drepe, slå i hjel zabijać assassinar a ucide убивать zabiť ubiti ubiti dräpa, slå ihjäl ฆ่าทารุณ öldürmek, katletmek 殺死 вбивати قتل کرنا giết chết


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