Slaying

//ˈsleɪ.ɪŋ// noun, verb

noun, verb ·Uncommon ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    Killing, especially the murder of a human. countable, uncountable

    "The slaying of the civil rights activist brought a storm of protest."

  2. 2
    unlawful premeditated killing of a human being by a human being wordnet
Verb
  1. 1
    present participle and gerund of slay form-of, gerund, participle, present

    "Twice slay thrice on a daily basis because they're so talented, thrice are still in denial of twice's improvement as seen in likey's mr removed. These bitches be slaying."

Synonyms

All synonyms
banebloodbloodlettingbloodshedbrainingdeadly

Example

More examples

"Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced Friday a ban on assault-style weapons following the slaying of 22 people in the worst mass shooting in the country’s history."

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honor slayingself-slaying

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