slaying

Speech parts

1. slaying - Noun

2. slaying - Verb

Meaning

of Slay

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

murder execution gore holocaust death blood butcher slay butchery decimation hit violence kill remove killing
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Antonyms

engineering helping forgiveness compassion kindness awakening
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Hypernyms

homicide

Hyponyms

gore butchery hit assassination elimination massacre

Phrases with the word

self-slaying

Examples

According to Mircea Eliade, one pervasive mythical theme associates heroes with the slaying of dragons, a theme which Eliade traces back to "the very ancient cosmogonico-heroic myth" of a battle between a divine hero and a dragon. Source: Internet

After all, if you spent the majority of your days slaying monsters while your best friend went around singing notoriously catchy songs about it, you might not smile all that often, either! Source: Internet

After he's kicked out of his homeland, Raki follows Clare on her yoma slaying quest. Source: Internet

A festival, the Septeria, was held every year, at which the whole story was represented: the slaying of the serpent, and the flight, atonement, and return of the god. Source: Internet

Detectives arrested Elliahs Dorsey, 27, on preliminary charges of murder and attempted murder in the Thursday slaying of Officer Breann Leath, 24, police said. Source: Internet

CHICAGO -- A Chicago woman charged with first-degree murder in the stabbing death of her 5-year-old daughter was ordered Monday to be held without bond after prosecutors gave chilling details provided by the child's older sister who witnessed the slaying. Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

slayer slayer rule slayer statute slayingly Slaymaker slayor