Slaying

Noun

 * 1) Killing, especially murder of a human.
 * The slaying of the civil rights activist brought a storm of protest.

Verb
slaying



Thesaurus
bane, blood, bloodletting, bloodshed, braining, dealing death, destruction, destruction of life, dispatch, euthanasia, execution, extermination, flow of blood, gore, immolation, kill, killing, lapidation, martyrdom, martyrization, mercy killing, poisoning, ritual killing, ritual murder, sacrifice, shooting, slaughter, stoning, taking of life