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noun

ˈslü How to pronounce slew (audio)
Definition of slewnext
as in loads
a considerable amount we still have a slew of work to do on this project

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slew

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verb

past tense of slay
1
as in killed
to deprive of life millions have been slain worldwide by this dreadful disease

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2
as in murdered
to put to death deliberately vowed to slay without mercy whoever was responsible for murdering his family

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Recent Examples of slew
Noun
Being the kind of person who adorns themselves compulsively opens you up to a slew of corny metaphors that, against your will, feel deeply relevant to you. — Julissa James, Los Angeles Times, 12 Aug. 2026 Also gone are the slew of phone calls and text messages between schools and parents if there’s a delay. — Maggie McGrath, Forbes.com, 12 Aug. 2026
Verb
Director Kyle Balda serves up a cup of comfort and joy with his pleasant, cozy British mystery, a creature feature charmer where cute talking animatronic sheep hoof it about a quaint little village to figure out who slew their genial shepherd George (Hugh Jackman). — Randy Myers, Mercury News, 7 May 2026 If there is any unevenness in wear the bomb will slew to one side and curve away from a straight path. — David Hambling, Forbes.com, 23 June 2025 See All Example Sentences for slew
Recent Examples of Synonyms for slew
  1. loads
  2. killed
  3. murdered
  4. ton
  5. destroyed
  6. assassinated
  7. dozen
  8. executed
Noun
  • The finding challenges earlier computer models that predict how nuclear fusion reactor materials handle extreme thermal loads.
    — Aman Tripathi, Interesting Engineering, 15 Aug. 2026
  • For everyday loads of shirts, pants and towels, that’s more than enough.
    — Ryan Brennan, Charlotte Observer, 14 Aug. 2026
Definition of loads
Verb
  • In June, more than 30 people were killed when gunmen attacked the main airport in Niamey.
    — CBS News, CBS News, 14 Aug. 2026
  • Two other people were killed in Indiana earlier this week during a powerful derecho.
    — Dalia Faheid, CNN Money, 14 Aug. 2026
Definition of killed
Verb
  • If the appeals court agrees, Patterson would only be the second woman to receive a full life sentence in Australia, after Katherine Knight, who murdered her de facto husband and cooked parts of his body.
    — Hilary Whiteman, CNN Money, 20 Aug. 2026
  • On August 4, 1892, Lizzie Borden’s father and stepmother, Andrew and Abby Borden, were murdered in the family’s home in Fall River, Massachusetts.
    — Encyclopedia Britannica, Encyclopedia Britannica, 19 Aug. 2026
Definition of murdered
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  • With a length of almost 1,100 feet and displacing more than 100,000 tons, Nimitz-class carriers are among the world’s largest warships, eclipsed only by the US Navy’s Ford-class carriers, of which only one is in service to date.
    — Mustafa Qadri, CNN Money, 14 Aug. 2026
  • Because season one, the penultimate episode also had tons of action and everything came to a head at Jordan’s mansion.
    — Nicole Fell, HollywoodReporter, 14 Aug. 2026
Definition of ton
Verb
  • Some 600 drones were detected headed toward the Russian capital, Moscow Mayor Sergei Sobyanin said, with a third destroyed over the Moscow region itself.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 16 Aug. 2026
  • An airstrike destroyed a house in Ansar town, killing seven people and wounding three others on Saturday morning, NNA said.
    — Tim Lister, CNN Money, 15 Aug. 2026
Definition of destroyed
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  • Someone had apparently vandalized Altman's Wikipedia page, claiming he was assassinated in Seattle.
    — Emily Forlini, Fortune, 13 Aug. 2026
  • But when The Satanic Verses was published in 1988, the novel was declared by some as blasphemous, and then-Iranian leader Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini issued a fatwa for Rushdie to be assassinated, leading the author to go into hiding until 1998.
    — Charlotte Phillipp, PEOPLE, 12 Aug. 2026
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  • The village, which is only reachable by a dirt road, has a few dozen homes lining unpaved streets and a small shop where locals gather to play cards.
    — Ivana Kottasová, CNN Money, 20 Aug. 2026
  • Since then, North Korea has expanded its nuclear weapons program, and analysts believe the totalitarian regime now has dozens of nuclear warheads.
    — Anna Coren, CBS News, 19 Aug. 2026
Definition of dozen
Verb
  • The 68-year-old was executed by lethal injection July 28 for the rape and murder of 11-year-old Teresa McAbee while on duty as a cop for the Mascotte Police Department.
    — Natasha Holt, FOXNews.com, 15 Aug. 2026
  • Two Elmwood jail inmates were convicted at trial of murdering another inmate in a vicious gang beating that was executed over the course of 11 agonizing minutes, and went undetected even as it was recorded on surveillance cameras.
    — Robert Salonga, Mercury News, 15 Aug. 2026
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