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Synonyms of slaying
(Entry 1 of 2)
the intentional and unlawful taking of another person's life
- a man wanted for the slaying of seven people during an armed robbery
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slaying
verb
present participle of slay
Synonyms & Antonyms of slaying (Entry 2 of 2)
1
to deprive of life
- millions have been slain worldwide by this dreadful disease
Synonyms for slaying
- carrying off,
- claiming,
- croaking
- [slang],
- destroying,
- dispatching,
- doing in,
- felling,
- killing,
- taking
Words Related to slaying
- bumping off,
- butchering,
- cutting down,
- finishing,
- getting,
- icing
- [slang],
- knocking off,
- murdering,
- neutralizing,
- offing
- [slang],
- putting away,
- rubbing out,
- scragging,
- snuffing,
- taking out,
- wasting,
- whacking
- [slang]
- euthanizing
- (also euthanatizing),
- putting down
Phrases Synonymous with slaying
- doing away with,
- doing for
- [chiefly British],
- making away with
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2
to put to death deliberately
- vowed to slay without mercy whoever was responsible for murdering his family
Synonyms for slaying
- assassinating,
- bumping off,
- croaking
- [slang],
- dispatching,
- doing in,
- executing,
- getting,
- icing
- [slang],
- knocking off,
- liquidating,
- murdering,
- neutralizing,
- offing
- [slang],
- putting away,
- rubbing out,
- snuffing,
- taking out,
- terminating,
- whacking
- [slang]
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The first known use of slaying was in the 14th century
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