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present tense third-person singular of slay
Synonyms & Antonyms of slays
1
to deprive of life
- millions have been slain worldwide by this dreadful disease
Synonyms for slays
- carries off,
- claims,
- croaks
- [slang],
- destroys,
- dispatches,
- does in,
- fells,
- kills,
- takes
Words Related to slays
- bumps off,
- butchers,
- cuts down,
- finishes,
- gets,
- ices
- [slang],
- knocks off,
- murders,
- neutralizes,
- offs
- [slang],
- puts away,
- rubs out,
- scrags,
- snuffs,
- takes out,
- wastes,
- whacks
- [slang]
- euthanizes
- (also euthanatizes),
- puts down
Phrases Synonymous with slays
- does away with,
- does for
- [chiefly British],
- makes 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 slays
- assassinates,
- bumps off,
- croaks
- [slang],
- dispatches,
- does in,
- executes,
- gets,
- ices
- [slang],
- knocks off,
- liquidates,
- murders,
- neutralizes,
- offs
- [slang],
- puts away,
- rubs out,
- snuffs,
- takes out,
- terminates,
- whacks
- [slang]
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“Slays.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/slays. Accessed 19 Oct. 2021.
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