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slaying

noun

Synonyms and Antonyms of slaying

the intentional and unlawful taking of another personʼs life

a man wanted for the slaying of seven people during an armed robbery

Synonyms of slaying

blood, foul play, homicide, murder, rubout

Words Related to slaying

chance-medley, killing, manslaughter

bloodshed, butchery, carnage, decimation, destruction, massacre, slaughter

assassination, execution, hit

euthanasia, mercy killing

filicide, fratricide, matricide, parricide, patricide, regicide, uxoricide

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