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1. (v.t.) slay
to kill by violence.
2. slay
to destroy; extinguish.
3. slay
Slang. to impress strongly; overwhelm, esp. by humor:
Your jokes slay me.
4. slay
Obs. to strike.
5. (v.i.) slay
to kill or murder.
Etymology: (bef. 900; ME sleen, slayn, OE slēan, c. OFris, ON slā, OS, OHG, Go slahan to strike)
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Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (verb) murder, slay, hit, dispatch, bump off, off, polish off, remove
kill intentionally and with premeditation
"The mafia boss ordered his enemies murdered"
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Webster Dictionary |
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1. (verb) slay
to put to death with a weapon, or by violence; hence, to kill; to put an end to; to destroy
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Sense: to kill
Cain slew his brother Abel.
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 Afrikaans: doodmaak, vermoor |
 Arabic: يَذْبَح، يَقْتُل |
 Bulgarian: убивам |
 Brazilian: assassinar |
 Czech: zabít |
 German: erschlagen |
 Danish: slå ihjel |
 Greek: φονεύω |
 Spanish: matar |
 Estonian: surmama |
 Farsi: كشتن |
 Finnish: tappaa |
 French: tuer |
 Hebrew: לַהֲרוֹג |
 Hindi: मार डालना, वध करना |
 Croatian: ubiti, pogubiti |
 Hungarian: (meg)öl |
 Indonesian: membunuh |
 Icelandic: drepa |
 Italian: uccidere |
 Japanese: 殺す |
 Korean: 죽이다 |
 Lithuanian: nužudyti |
 Latvian: noslepkavot; nogalināt |
 Malay: membunuh |
 Dutch: doden |
 Norwegian: drepe, slå i hjel |
 Polish: zabijać |
 Persian: كشتن |
 Pashto: وژل، حلالول: سټول |
 Portuguese: assassinar |
 Romanian: a ucide |
 Russian: убивать |
 Slovak: zabiť |
 Slovenian: ubiti |
 Serbian: ubiti |
 Swedish: dräpa, slå ihjäl |
 Thai: ฆ่าทารุณ |
 Turkish: öldürmek, katletmek |
 Taiwanese: 殺死 |
 Ukrainian: вбивати |
 Urdu: قتل کرنا |
 Vietnamese: giết chết |
 Chinese: 杀死 |
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