slain

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slain

/sleɪ̯n/ Canada, US, UK
/slæɪ̯n/ Australia, New Zealand
/slen/ Scotland
/sleːn/ India
/slɛjn/ India
/sleː(j)n/ India

Rhymes with -eɪn

verb

participle, past past participle of slay For quotations using this term, see Citations:slain.

noun the slain

plural, plural only Those who have been killed. […]Morat ! the proud, the patriot field ! where man ¶ May gaze on ghastly trophies of the slain, ¶ Nor blush for those who conquered on that plain ; ¶ Here Burgundy bequeath'd his tombless host, ¶ A bony heap, through ages to remain, ¶ Themselves their monument ;— the Stygian coast ¶ Unsepulchred th

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Closest in meaning: dead, murdered, killing, kill, assassinate, assassination, fallen, beheaded, death, shot, liquidated, slaughter, slaughtered, killed, assasinated, assassinated

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MLA

"slain." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/slain. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

APA

slain. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/slain

Chicago

"slain." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/slain.

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@misc{slain_2026,
  title = {slain},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/slain},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}