slay
IPA: sɫˈeɪ
noun
- A surname.
- Alternative form of sley [Reed (of a loom).]
verb
- (now literary) To kill; to murder.
- (literary) To eradicate or stamp out.
- (by extension, hyperbolic, colloquial) To defeat; to overcome (in a competition or contest).
- (slang) To delight or overwhelm, especially with laughter.
- (slang, especially African-American Vernacular and LGBT, transitive, intransitive) To amaze, stun, or otherwise incapacitate by excellence; to excel at something.
- (slang) To have sex with.
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Examples of "slay" in Sentences
- He slayed the enemy.
- Indian rebels recant the brutal slayings.
- They managed to slay most of the present Sardaukar.
- It is Elliania who asks Dutiful to slay the dragon.
- In revenge, Yoshitsune and the others slay the beast.
- Aversion in him should slay the thought of advance in thee.
- In the end, Carter would vindicate himself and slay the beast.
- Oyuki is hired to destroy the photos and slay the photographer.
- Fortunately, Medivh swoops in to slay the remainder of the party.
- But Sigurd slays the dragon and then kills his disloyal foster father.
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