slaying
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slaying
- /ˈsleɪ.ɪŋ/
Rhymes with -eɪɪŋ
verb
- present participle and gerund of slay
noun slayings
- Killing, especially the murder of a human. The slaying of the civil rights activist brought a storm of protest.
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: murder, homicide, slaughtering, massacre, killing, carnage, beheading, crime, hector, slaughter, killed, killings, manslaying, slaught, kill, butchering
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title = {slaying},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
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urldate = {2026-11-06}
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