Slay

Verb

 * 1)  To kill, murder.
 * The knight slew the dragon.
 * Our foes must all be slain.
 * 1)  To eradicate or stamp out.
 * You must slay these thoughts.
 * 1)  To defeat, overcome.
 * 2) * 1956, “Giants Slay Bears in Pro Title Battle”, in Lodi News-Sentinel, 1956 December 31, page 8.
 * 3) * 1985, “Redskins slay Giants; Thiesmann shatters leg”, in The Gadsden Times, 1985 November 19, page D1-5.
 * 4) * 1993, Jack Curry, “Yanks’ Bullpen Falls Short Again”, in The New York Times, 1993 April 21:
 * The Yankees were actually slayed by two former Yankees because Rich Gossage pitched one scoreless inning in relief of Eckersley to notch his first victory.
 * 1)  To delight or overwhelm, especially with laughter.
 * Ha ha! You slay me!

Synonyms

 * kill, murder, assassinate
 * conquer, defeat, overcome
 * kill, hit it out of the park

Derived terms

 * slayer

Related terms

 * onslaught
 * slaughter
 * self-slaughter

Adverbs for Slay
treacherously; traitorously; vindictively; revengefully; soullessly; nefariouly; heartlessly; ruthlessly.

Thesaurus
amuse, annihilate, assassinate, becharm, beguile, bereave of life, bewitch, bump off, butcher, captivate, carry away, carry off, charm, chloroform, convulse, cool, cut down, cut off, delectate, delight, deprive of life, destroy, dispatch, dispose of, divert, do away with, do for, do in, do to death, down, dust off, enchant, end, enliven, enrapture, enravish, entertain, enthrall, entrance, execute, exhilarate, exterminate, fascinate, finish, finish off, fracture one, freak out, immolate, imparadise, kill, knock dead, knock off, knock out, launch into eternity, lay low, liquidate, loosen up, lynch, make away with, martyr, martyrize, poison, purge, put away, put down, put to death, put to sleep, raise a laugh, raise a smile, ravish, recreate, refresh, regale, relax, remove from life, sacrifice, send, solace, starve, take life, take off, thrill, tickle, tickle pink, titillate, transport, wow

Etymology
From sleen:, from  slean:, from, from. Cognate with slaan:,  schlagen:,  slå:,  slá:. Related to,.

Translations

 * Arabic:, فطس,  أزهق,
 * Armenian:
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 * Mandarin:, , ,  ,  殘殺,  残杀
 * Dutch: ,
 * Egyptian:
 * Finnish: ,
 * French: ,
 * German:, ,


 * Hebrew:
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 * Italian: ,
 * Japanese:
 * Latin: occido, interficio, per insidas inteficio
 * Latvian: kaut
 * Lithuanian: nužudyti
 * Portuguese: ,
 * Russian: ,
 * Spanish: ,

Anagrams

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