slay

Speech parts

1. slay - Noun

2. slay - Verb

3. Slay - Proper noun

Meaning

To put to death with a weapon, or by violence; hence, to kill; to put an end to; to destroy.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

murder off butcher kill remove defeat overcome slaughter dispatch assassinate gore lynch wow mesmerize end
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Antonyms

badger create engineer build craft anger
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Hypernyms

kill

Hyponyms

burke execute

Phrases with the word

slay at

Derivatives

slew slain slaying

Anagrams

lays

Examples

God give me strength to face a fact though it slay me. Thomas Henry Huxley

Men do not accept their prophets and slay them, but they love their martyrs and worship those whom they have tortured to death. Fyodor Dostoyevsky

It is possible that mankind is on the threshold of a golden age; but, if so, it will be necessary first to slay the dragon that guards the door, and this dragon is religion. Bertrand Russell

Welcome to the truth of our world-a massive seed shot out to the stars, filled with deadly children. A seed designed to slay everything it touches. Greg Bear

Do all lovers feel helpless and valiant in the presence of the beloved? Helpless because the need to roll over like a pet dog is never far away. Valiant because you know you would slay a dragon with a pocket knife if you had to. Jeanette Winterson

Surfeits slay mae than swords. Dutch Proverb

Close letter words and terms

Slawski Slawson slawsonite slay at slay queen slay someone in the Spirit