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Adjective [English]

IPA: /sleɪ/ Audio: En-us-slay.ogg [US] Forms: more slay [comparative], most slay [superlative]
enPR: slā Rhymes: -eɪ Etymology: From Middle English sleen, slen, from Old English slēan (“to hit, punch, strike; to kill”), from Proto-West Germanic *slahan, from Proto-Germanic *slahaną (“to hit, strike; to kill”), from Proto-Indo-European *slak- (“to hit, strike, throw”). Cognates Cognate with Alemannic German schlaa (“to beat, hit”), Central Franconian schlage, schlon, schloon (“to beat, hit, strike”), Dutch and Low German slaan (“to beat, hit, strike”), German schlagen, schlahen, schlahn (“to beat, hit, strike”), Luxembourgish schloen (“to beat, defeat, hit”), Danish, Norwegian Bokmål, Norwegian Nynorsk, and Swedish slå (“to beat, hit, strike”), Faroese sláa (“to beat, strike”), Icelandic slá (“to hit, strike”), Gothic 𐍃𐌻𐌰𐌷𐌰𐌽 (slahan, “to hit, smite, strike”). Related to slaughter, onslaught. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|sleen}} Middle English sleen, {{inh|en|ang|slēan|t=to hit, punch, strike; to kill}} Old English slēan (“to hit, punch, strike; to kill”), {{inh|en|gmw-pro|*slahan}} Proto-West Germanic *slahan, {{inh|en|gem-pro|*slahaną|t=to hit, strike; to kill}} Proto-Germanic *slahaną (“to hit, strike; to kill”), {{der|en|ine-pro|*slak-|t=to hit, strike, throw}} Proto-Indo-European *slak- (“to hit, strike, throw”), {{col-top|2|cog}} Cognates, {{cog|gsw|schlaa|t=to beat, hit}} Alemannic German schlaa (“to beat, hit”), {{cog|gmw-cfr|schlage}} Central Franconian schlage, {{cog|nl,nds|slaan|t=to beat, hit, strike}} Dutch and Low German slaan (“to beat, hit, strike”), {{cog|de|schlagen}} German schlagen, {{cog|lb|schloen|t=to beat, defeat, hit}} Luxembourgish schloen (“to beat, defeat, hit”), {{cog|da,nb,nn,sv|slå|t=to beat, hit, strike}} Danish, Norwegian Bokmål, Norwegian Nynorsk, and Swedish slå (“to beat, hit, strike”), {{cog|fo|sláa|t=to beat, strike}} Faroese sláa (“to beat, strike”), {{cog|is|slá|t=to hit, strike}} Icelandic slá (“to hit, strike”), {{cog|got|𐍃𐌻𐌰𐌷𐌰𐌽|t=to hit, smite, strike}} Gothic 𐍃𐌻𐌰𐌷𐌰𐌽 (slahan, “to hit, smite, strike”) Head templates: {{en-adj}} slay (comparative more slay, superlative most slay)
  1. That slays (in any sense).
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Interjection [English]

IPA: /sleɪ/ Audio: En-us-slay.ogg [US]
enPR: slā Rhymes: -eɪ Etymology: From Middle English sleen, slen, from Old English slēan (“to hit, punch, strike; to kill”), from Proto-West Germanic *slahan, from Proto-Germanic *slahaną (“to hit, strike; to kill”), from Proto-Indo-European *slak- (“to hit, strike, throw”). Cognates Cognate with Alemannic German schlaa (“to beat, hit”), Central Franconian schlage, schlon, schloon (“to beat, hit, strike”), Dutch and Low German slaan (“to beat, hit, strike”), German schlagen, schlahen, schlahn (“to beat, hit, strike”), Luxembourgish schloen (“to beat, defeat, hit”), Danish, Norwegian Bokmål, Norwegian Nynorsk, and Swedish slå (“to beat, hit, strike”), Faroese sláa (“to beat, strike”), Icelandic slá (“to hit, strike”), Gothic 𐍃𐌻𐌰𐌷𐌰𐌽 (slahan, “to hit, smite, strike”). Related to slaughter, onslaught. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|sleen}} Middle English sleen, {{inh|en|ang|slēan|t=to hit, punch, strike; to kill}} Old English slēan (“to hit, punch, strike; to kill”), {{inh|en|gmw-pro|*slahan}} Proto-West Germanic *slahan, {{inh|en|gem-pro|*slahaną|t=to hit, strike; to kill}} Proto-Germanic *slahaną (“to hit, strike; to kill”), {{der|en|ine-pro|*slak-|t=to hit, strike, throw}} Proto-Indo-European *slak- (“to hit, strike, throw”), {{col-top|2|cog}} Cognates, {{cog|gsw|schlaa|t=to beat, hit}} Alemannic German schlaa (“to beat, hit”), {{cog|gmw-cfr|schlage}} Central Franconian schlage, {{cog|nl,nds|slaan|t=to beat, hit, strike}} Dutch and Low German slaan (“to beat, hit, strike”), {{cog|de|schlagen}} German schlagen, {{cog|lb|schloen|t=to beat, defeat, hit}} Luxembourgish schloen (“to beat, defeat, hit”), {{cog|da,nb,nn,sv|slå|t=to beat, hit, strike}} Danish, Norwegian Bokmål, Norwegian Nynorsk, and Swedish slå (“to beat, hit, strike”), {{cog|fo|sláa|t=to beat, strike}} Faroese sláa (“to beat, strike”), {{cog|is|slá|t=to hit, strike}} Icelandic slá (“to hit, strike”), {{cog|got|𐍃𐌻𐌰𐌷𐌰𐌽|t=to hit, smite, strike}} Gothic 𐍃𐌻𐌰𐌷𐌰𐌽 (slahan, “to hit, smite, strike”)
  1. (chiefly African-American Vernacular and LGBTQ slang) Used to express approval or amazement.
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Noun [English]

IPA: /sleɪ/ Audio: En-us-slay.ogg [US] Forms: slays [plural]
enPR: slā Rhymes: -eɪ Etymology: From Middle English sleen, slen, from Old English slēan (“to hit, punch, strike; to kill”), from Proto-West Germanic *slahan, from Proto-Germanic *slahaną (“to hit, strike; to kill”), from Proto-Indo-European *slak- (“to hit, strike, throw”). Cognates Cognate with Alemannic German schlaa (“to beat, hit”), Central Franconian schlage, schlon, schloon (“to beat, hit, strike”), Dutch and Low German slaan (“to beat, hit, strike”), German schlagen, schlahen, schlahn (“to beat, hit, strike”), Luxembourgish schloen (“to beat, defeat, hit”), Danish, Norwegian Bokmål, Norwegian Nynorsk, and Swedish slå (“to beat, hit, strike”), Faroese sláa (“to beat, strike”), Icelandic slá (“to hit, strike”), Gothic 𐍃𐌻𐌰𐌷𐌰𐌽 (slahan, “to hit, smite, strike”). Related to slaughter, onslaught. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|sleen}} Middle English sleen, {{inh|en|ang|slēan|t=to hit, punch, strike; to kill}} Old English slēan (“to hit, punch, strike; to kill”), {{inh|en|gmw-pro|*slahan}} Proto-West Germanic *slahan, {{inh|en|gem-pro|*slahaną|t=to hit, strike; to kill}} Proto-Germanic *slahaną (“to hit, strike; to kill”), {{der|en|ine-pro|*slak-|t=to hit, strike, throw}} Proto-Indo-European *slak- (“to hit, strike, throw”), {{col-top|2|cog}} Cognates, {{cog|gsw|schlaa|t=to beat, hit}} Alemannic German schlaa (“to beat, hit”), {{cog|gmw-cfr|schlage}} Central Franconian schlage, {{cog|nl,nds|slaan|t=to beat, hit, strike}} Dutch and Low German slaan (“to beat, hit, strike”), {{cog|de|schlagen}} German schlagen, {{cog|lb|schloen|t=to beat, defeat, hit}} Luxembourgish schloen (“to beat, defeat, hit”), {{cog|da,nb,nn,sv|slå|t=to beat, hit, strike}} Danish, Norwegian Bokmål, Norwegian Nynorsk, and Swedish slå (“to beat, hit, strike”), {{cog|fo|sláa|t=to beat, strike}} Faroese sláa (“to beat, strike”), {{cog|is|slá|t=to hit, strike}} Icelandic slá (“to hit, strike”), {{cog|got|𐍃𐌻𐌰𐌷𐌰𐌽|t=to hit, smite, strike}} Gothic 𐍃𐌻𐌰𐌷𐌰𐌽 (slahan, “to hit, smite, strike”) Head templates: {{en-noun}} slay (plural slays)
  1. (chiefly African-American Vernacular and LGBTQ slang) Something excellent, amazing, or fashionable.
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Noun [English]

Forms: slays [plural]
Etymology: See sley Head templates: {{en-noun}} slay (plural slays)
  1. Alternative form of sley Tags: alt-of, alternative Alternative form of: sley
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Verb [English]

IPA: /sleɪ/ Audio: En-us-slay.ogg [US] Forms: slays [present, singular, third-person], slaying [participle, present], slew [past], slayed [past], slain [participle, past], slayed [participle, past], yslain [obsolete, participle, past]
enPR: slā Rhymes: -eɪ Etymology: From Middle English sleen, slen, from Old English slēan (“to hit, punch, strike; to kill”), from Proto-West Germanic *slahan, from Proto-Germanic *slahaną (“to hit, strike; to kill”), from Proto-Indo-European *slak- (“to hit, strike, throw”). Cognates Cognate with Alemannic German schlaa (“to beat, hit”), Central Franconian schlage, schlon, schloon (“to beat, hit, strike”), Dutch and Low German slaan (“to beat, hit, strike”), German schlagen, schlahen, schlahn (“to beat, hit, strike”), Luxembourgish schloen (“to beat, defeat, hit”), Danish, Norwegian Bokmål, Norwegian Nynorsk, and Swedish slå (“to beat, hit, strike”), Faroese sláa (“to beat, strike”), Icelandic slá (“to hit, strike”), Gothic 𐍃𐌻𐌰𐌷𐌰𐌽 (slahan, “to hit, smite, strike”). Related to slaughter, onslaught. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|sleen}} Middle English sleen, {{inh|en|ang|slēan|t=to hit, punch, strike; to kill}} Old English slēan (“to hit, punch, strike; to kill”), {{inh|en|gmw-pro|*slahan}} Proto-West Germanic *slahan, {{inh|en|gem-pro|*slahaną|t=to hit, strike; to kill}} Proto-Germanic *slahaną (“to hit, strike; to kill”), {{der|en|ine-pro|*slak-|t=to hit, strike, throw}} Proto-Indo-European *slak- (“to hit, strike, throw”), {{col-top|2|cog}} Cognates, {{cog|gsw|schlaa|t=to beat, hit}} Alemannic German schlaa (“to beat, hit”), {{cog|gmw-cfr|schlage}} Central Franconian schlage, {{cog|nl,nds|slaan|t=to beat, hit, strike}} Dutch and Low German slaan (“to beat, hit, strike”), {{cog|de|schlagen}} German schlagen, {{cog|lb|schloen|t=to beat, defeat, hit}} Luxembourgish schloen (“to beat, defeat, hit”), {{cog|da,nb,nn,sv|slå|t=to beat, hit, strike}} Danish, Norwegian Bokmål, Norwegian Nynorsk, and Swedish slå (“to beat, hit, strike”), {{cog|fo|sláa|t=to beat, strike}} Faroese sláa (“to beat, strike”), {{cog|is|slá|t=to hit, strike}} Icelandic slá (“to hit, strike”), {{cog|got|𐍃𐌻𐌰𐌷𐌰𐌽|t=to hit, smite, strike}} Gothic 𐍃𐌻𐌰𐌷𐌰𐌽 (slahan, “to hit, smite, strike”) Head templates: {{en-verb|+|+|slew,~ed|n,~ed,yslain<l:obsolete>}} slay (third-person singular simple present slays, present participle slaying, simple past slew or slayed, past participle slain or slayed or (obsolete) yslain)
  1. (transitive, now literary) To kill; to murder. Tags: literary, transitive Translations (to kill, murder): ἀποκτείνω (apokteínō) (Ancient Greek), قَتَلَ (qatala) (Arabic), أَزْهَقَ رُوحَهُ (ʔazhaqa rūḥahu) (Arabic), ذَبَحَ (ḏabaḥa) (Arabic), սպանել (spanel) (Armenian), забіва́ць (zabivácʹ) [imperfective] (Belarusian), забі́ць (zabícʹ) [perfective] (Belarusian), убивам (ubivam) (Bulgarian), matar (Catalan), assassinar (Catalan), 殺 /杀 (shā) (Chinese Mandarin), 謀殺 /谋杀 (móushā) (Chinese Mandarin), 殘殺 /残杀 (cánshā) (Chinese Mandarin), dræbe (Danish), doden (Dutch), vermoorden (Dutch), s-mA-A-T30 (smꜣ) (Egyptian), tappaa (Finnish), surmata (Finnish), tuer (French), assassiner (French), occire (French), töten (German), umbringen (German), erschlagen (German), σκοτώνω (skotóno) (Greek), רָצַח (raṣáḥ) (Hebrew), हयना (haynā) (Hindi), öl (Hungarian), bana (Icelandic), ocidar (Ido), tappaa (Ingrian), mukistaa (Ingrian), leikata (Ingrian), surmata (Ingrian), uccidere (Italian), assassinare (Italian), 殺す (korosu) (Japanese), occīdō (Latin), interficiō (Latin), necō (Latin), lētō (Latin), kaut (Latvian), nužudyti (Lithuanian), tuar (Occitan), matar (Occitan), assassinar (Occitan), aucir (Occitan), matar (Portuguese), assassinar (Portuguese), omorî (Romanian), ucide (Romanian), asasina (Romanian), уби́ть (ubítʹ) [perfective] (Russian), убива́ть (ubivátʹ) [imperfective] (Russian), हन्ति (hanti) (Sanskrit), matar (Spanish), asesinar (Spanish), dräpa (Swedish), slå ihjäl (Swedish), patayin (Tagalog), paslangin (Tagalog), kau- (Tocharian B), kilim (Tok Pisin)
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someone out of their misery, put six feet under, put to sleep, ravage, rub out, ruin, scotch, scupper, scuttle, send to eternity, send to hell, send to the grave, send to the great beyond, send to the next life, shut up [dated], slay, slaughter, slime out, smash, smite, snuff, squash, stiff, stop someone's clock, take, terminate, terminate with extreme prejudice, top off [UK, slang], top [UK, slang], torpedo, take care of, take down, take out, waste, wax, wet, whack, wipe out, wreck Disambiguation of 'to kill, murder': 68 4 0 11 12 4
  2. (transitive, literary) To eradicate or stamp out. Tags: literary, transitive
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  3. (transitive, by extension, hyperbolic, informal) To defeat; to overcome (in a competition or contest). Tags: broadly, excessive, informal, transitive Synonyms: conquer
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  4. (transitive, slang) To delight or overwhelm, especially with laughter. Tags: slang, transitive Synonyms: hit it out of the park, kill
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  5. (ambitransitive, chiefly African-American Vernacular and LGBTQ slang) To amaze, stun, or otherwise incapacitate by excellence; to excel at something. Tags: ambitransitive
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  6. (slang) To have sex with. Tags: slang
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The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: foreslay, hack-and-slay, reslay, slayable, slayage, slayee, slayer, slay queen, slay someone in the Spirit Related terms: onslaught, slaughter, self-slaughter
Etymology number: 1

Noun [Middle English]

IPA: /ˈslæi̯(ə)/ Forms: slayes [plural], sleye [alternative], slaye [alternative]
Etymology: From metaphorical usage of Old English slege, from Proto-West Germanic *slagi, from Proto-Germanic *slagiz. Etymology templates: {{inh|enm|ang|slege}} Old English slege, {{inh|enm|gmw-pro|*slagi}} Proto-West Germanic *slagi, {{inh|enm|gem-pro|*slagiz}} Proto-Germanic *slagiz Head templates: {{head|enm|noun|g=|g2=|g3=|head=|sort=|var=}} slay, {{enm-noun|slayes}} slay (plural slayes)
  1. A sley or reed (part of a loom).
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The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Verb [Middle English]

Head templates: {{head|enm|verb|var=1}} slay
  1. (Late Middle English, Early Scots, West Riding) alternative form of sleen Tags: Late-Middle-English, alt-of, alternative Alternative form of: sleen
    Sense id: en-slay-enm-verb-pzUwjaBk Categories (other): Early Scots, Late Middle English, West Riding Middle English
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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          "ref": "c. 1596–1598 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Merchant of Venice”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act II, scene i]:",
          "text": "The Prince of Morocco:\n[…]By this scimitar,\nThat slew the Sophy and a Persian prince\nThat won three fields of Sultan Solyman,\nI would outstare the sternest eyes that look,\nOutbrave the heart most daring on earth,\nPluck the young sucking cubs from the she-bear,\nYea, mock the lion when he roars for prey,\nTo win thee, lady. […]",
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          "ref": "1930, Marmaduke Pickthall, transl., The Meaning of the Glorious Koran, surah 17, verse 31:",
          "text": "Slay not your children, fearing a fall to poverty, We shall provide for them and for you. Lo! the slaying of them is great sin.",
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          "ref": "2015 May 4, Randall Munroe, xkcd (webcomic), Degree-Off:",
          "text": "\"This is a graph of the death rate from infectious disease in this country. The heroes of my field have slain one of the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse. While the heroes of your field gathered in the desert to create a new one.\"",
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          "murder"
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        "(transitive, now literary) To kill; to murder."
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          "source": "Thesaurus:kill",
          "word": "annihilate"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:kill",
          "word": "bag"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:kill",
          "word": "baptize"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:kill",
          "word": "bereave of life"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:kill",
          "word": "blight"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:kill",
          "word": "bring down"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:kill",
          "word": "bump off"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:kill",
          "word": "bury"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:kill",
          "tags": [
            "US",
            "slang"
          ],
          "word": "cack"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:kill",
          "word": "compromised to a permanent end"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:kill",
          "word": "croak"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:kill",
          "word": "crush"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:kill",
          "word": "dash"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:kill",
          "word": "deactivate"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:kill",
          "word": "dead"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:kill",
          "word": "demolish"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:kill",
          "word": "destroy"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:kill",
          "word": "dispatch"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:kill",
          "word": "dispose of"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:kill",
          "tags": [
            "slang"
          ],
          "word": "do"
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        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:kill",
          "word": "do in"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:kill",
          "word": "dust"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:kill",
          "word": "eliminate"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:kill",
          "word": "end"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:kill",
          "word": "eradicate"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:kill",
          "word": "ex"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:kill",
          "word": "exterminate"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:kill",
          "word": "finish"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:kill",
          "word": "finish off"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:kill",
          "word": "flatten"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:kill",
          "word": "grease"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:kill",
          "word": "knock off"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:kill",
          "word": "lay waste to"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:kill",
          "word": "make away with"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:kill",
          "word": "merc"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:kill",
          "tags": [
            "obsolete"
          ],
          "word": "mortify"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:kill",
          "word": "neutralize"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:kill",
          "word": "obliterate"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:kill",
          "word": "off"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:kill",
          "word": "pay off"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:kill",
          "word": "pick off"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:kill",
          "word": "polish off"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:kill",
          "word": "pop off"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:kill",
          "word": "punch someone's ticket"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:kill",
          "word": "put an end to"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:kill",
          "word": "put down"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:kill",
          "word": "put someone out of their misery"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:kill",
          "word": "put six feet under"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:kill",
          "word": "put to sleep"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:kill",
          "word": "ravage"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:kill",
          "word": "rub out"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:kill",
          "word": "ruin"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:kill",
          "word": "scotch"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:kill",
          "word": "scupper"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:kill",
          "word": "scuttle"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:kill",
          "word": "send to eternity"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:kill",
          "word": "send to hell"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:kill",
          "word": "send to the grave"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:kill",
          "word": "send to the great beyond"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:kill",
          "word": "send to the next life"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:kill",
          "tags": [
            "dated"
          ],
          "word": "shut up"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:kill",
          "word": "slay"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:kill",
          "word": "slaughter"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:kill",
          "word": "slime out"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:kill",
          "word": "smash"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:kill",
          "word": "smite"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:kill",
          "word": "snuff"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:kill",
          "word": "squash"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:kill",
          "word": "stiff"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:kill",
          "word": "stop someone's clock"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:kill",
          "word": "take"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:kill",
          "word": "terminate"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:kill",
          "word": "terminate with extreme prejudice"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:kill",
          "tags": [
            "UK",
            "slang"
          ],
          "word": "top off"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:kill",
          "tags": [
            "UK",
            "slang"
          ],
          "word": "top"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:kill",
          "word": "torpedo"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:kill",
          "word": "take care of"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:kill",
          "word": "take down"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:kill",
          "word": "take out"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:kill",
          "word": "waste"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:kill",
          "word": "wax"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:kill",
          "word": "wet"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:kill",
          "word": "whack"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:kill",
          "word": "wipe out"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:kill",
          "word": "wreck"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "literary",
        "transitive"
      ],
      "translations": [
        {
          "_dis1": "68 4 0 11 12 4",
          "code": "ar",
          "lang": "Arabic",
          "lang_code": "ar",
          "roman": "qatala",
          "sense": "to kill, murder",
          "word": "قَتَلَ"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "68 4 0 11 12 4",
          "code": "ar",
          "lang": "Arabic",
          "lang_code": "ar",
          "roman": "ʔazhaqa rūḥahu",
          "sense": "to kill, murder",
          "word": "أَزْهَقَ رُوحَهُ"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "68 4 0 11 12 4",
          "code": "ar",
          "lang": "Arabic",
          "lang_code": "ar",
          "roman": "ḏabaḥa",
          "sense": "to kill, murder",
          "word": "ذَبَحَ"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "68 4 0 11 12 4",
          "code": "hy",
          "lang": "Armenian",
          "lang_code": "hy",
          "roman": "spanel",
          "sense": "to kill, murder",
          "word": "սպանել"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "68 4 0 11 12 4",
          "code": "be",
          "lang": "Belarusian",
          "lang_code": "be",
          "roman": "zabivácʹ",
          "sense": "to kill, murder",
          "tags": [
            "imperfective"
          ],
          "word": "забіва́ць"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "68 4 0 11 12 4",
          "code": "be",
          "lang": "Belarusian",
          "lang_code": "be",
          "roman": "zabícʹ",
          "sense": "to kill, murder",
          "tags": [
            "perfective"
          ],
          "word": "забі́ць"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "68 4 0 11 12 4",
          "code": "bg",
          "lang": "Bulgarian",
          "lang_code": "bg",
          "roman": "ubivam",
          "sense": "to kill, murder",
          "word": "убивам"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "68 4 0 11 12 4",
          "code": "ca",
          "lang": "Catalan",
          "lang_code": "ca",
          "sense": "to kill, murder",
          "word": "matar"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "68 4 0 11 12 4",
          "code": "ca",
          "lang": "Catalan",
          "lang_code": "ca",
          "sense": "to kill, murder",
          "word": "assassinar"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "68 4 0 11 12 4",
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "lang_code": "cmn",
          "roman": "shā",
          "sense": "to kill, murder",
          "word": "殺 /杀"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "68 4 0 11 12 4",
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "lang_code": "cmn",
          "roman": "móushā",
          "sense": "to kill, murder",
          "word": "謀殺 /谋杀"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "68 4 0 11 12 4",
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "lang_code": "cmn",
          "roman": "cánshā",
          "sense": "to kill, murder",
          "word": "殘殺 /残杀"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "68 4 0 11 12 4",
          "code": "da",
          "lang": "Danish",
          "lang_code": "da",
          "sense": "to kill, murder",
          "word": "dræbe"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "68 4 0 11 12 4",
          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "lang_code": "nl",
          "sense": "to kill, murder",
          "word": "doden"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "68 4 0 11 12 4",
          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "lang_code": "nl",
          "sense": "to kill, murder",
          "word": "vermoorden"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "68 4 0 11 12 4",
          "code": "egy",
          "lang": "Egyptian",
          "lang_code": "egy",
          "roman": "smꜣ",
          "sense": "to kill, murder",
          "word": "s-mA-A-T30"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "68 4 0 11 12 4",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "lang_code": "fi",
          "sense": "to kill, murder",
          "word": "tappaa"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "68 4 0 11 12 4",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "lang_code": "fi",
          "sense": "to kill, murder",
          "word": "surmata"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "68 4 0 11 12 4",
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "lang_code": "fr",
          "sense": "to kill, murder",
          "word": "tuer"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "68 4 0 11 12 4",
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "lang_code": "fr",
          "sense": "to kill, murder",
          "word": "assassiner"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "68 4 0 11 12 4",
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "lang_code": "fr",
          "sense": "to kill, murder",
          "word": "occire"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "68 4 0 11 12 4",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "lang_code": "de",
          "sense": "to kill, murder",
          "word": "töten"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "68 4 0 11 12 4",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "lang_code": "de",
          "sense": "to kill, murder",
          "word": "umbringen"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "68 4 0 11 12 4",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "lang_code": "de",
          "sense": "to kill, murder",
          "word": "erschlagen"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "68 4 0 11 12 4",
          "code": "el",
          "lang": "Greek",
          "lang_code": "el",
          "roman": "skotóno",
          "sense": "to kill, murder",
          "word": "σκοτώνω"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "68 4 0 11 12 4",
          "code": "grc",
          "lang": "Ancient Greek",
          "lang_code": "grc",
          "roman": "apokteínō",
          "sense": "to kill, murder",
          "word": "ἀποκτείνω"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "68 4 0 11 12 4",
          "code": "he",
          "lang": "Hebrew",
          "lang_code": "he",
          "roman": "raṣáḥ",
          "sense": "to kill, murder",
          "word": "רָצַח"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "68 4 0 11 12 4",
          "code": "hi",
          "lang": "Hindi",
          "lang_code": "hi",
          "roman": "haynā",
          "sense": "to kill, murder",
          "word": "हयना"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "68 4 0 11 12 4",
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "lang_code": "hu",
          "sense": "to kill, murder",
          "word": "öl"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "68 4 0 11 12 4",
          "code": "is",
          "lang": "Icelandic",
          "lang_code": "is",
          "sense": "to kill, murder",
          "word": "bana"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "68 4 0 11 12 4",
          "code": "io",
          "lang": "Ido",
          "lang_code": "io",
          "sense": "to kill, murder",
          "word": "ocidar"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "68 4 0 11 12 4",
          "code": "izh",
          "lang": "Ingrian",
          "lang_code": "izh",
          "sense": "to kill, murder",
          "word": "tappaa"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "68 4 0 11 12 4",
          "code": "izh",
          "lang": "Ingrian",
          "lang_code": "izh",
          "sense": "to kill, murder",
          "word": "mukistaa"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "68 4 0 11 12 4",
          "code": "izh",
          "lang": "Ingrian",
          "lang_code": "izh",
          "sense": "to kill, murder",
          "word": "leikata"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "68 4 0 11 12 4",
          "code": "izh",
          "lang": "Ingrian",
          "lang_code": "izh",
          "sense": "to kill, murder",
          "word": "surmata"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "68 4 0 11 12 4",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "lang_code": "it",
          "sense": "to kill, murder",
          "word": "uccidere"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "68 4 0 11 12 4",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "lang_code": "it",
          "sense": "to kill, murder",
          "word": "assassinare"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "68 4 0 11 12 4",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "lang_code": "ja",
          "roman": "korosu",
          "sense": "to kill, murder",
          "word": "殺す"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "68 4 0 11 12 4",
          "code": "la",
          "lang": "Latin",
          "lang_code": "la",
          "sense": "to kill, murder",
          "word": "occīdō"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "68 4 0 11 12 4",
          "code": "la",
          "lang": "Latin",
          "lang_code": "la",
          "sense": "to kill, murder",
          "word": "interficiō"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "68 4 0 11 12 4",
          "code": "la",
          "lang": "Latin",
          "lang_code": "la",
          "sense": "to kill, murder",
          "word": "necō"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "68 4 0 11 12 4",
          "code": "la",
          "lang": "Latin",
          "lang_code": "la",
          "sense": "to kill, murder",
          "word": "lētō"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "68 4 0 11 12 4",
          "code": "lv",
          "lang": "Latvian",
          "lang_code": "lv",
          "sense": "to kill, murder",
          "word": "kaut"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "68 4 0 11 12 4",
          "code": "lt",
          "lang": "Lithuanian",
          "lang_code": "lt",
          "sense": "to kill, murder",
          "word": "nužudyti"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "68 4 0 11 12 4",
          "code": "oc",
          "lang": "Occitan",
          "lang_code": "oc",
          "sense": "to kill, murder",
          "word": "tuar"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "68 4 0 11 12 4",
          "code": "oc",
          "lang": "Occitan",
          "lang_code": "oc",
          "sense": "to kill, murder",
          "word": "matar"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "68 4 0 11 12 4",
          "code": "oc",
          "lang": "Occitan",
          "lang_code": "oc",
          "sense": "to kill, murder",
          "word": "assassinar"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "68 4 0 11 12 4",
          "code": "oc",
          "lang": "Occitan",
          "lang_code": "oc",
          "sense": "to kill, murder",
          "word": "aucir"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "68 4 0 11 12 4",
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "lang_code": "pt",
          "sense": "to kill, murder",
          "word": "matar"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "68 4 0 11 12 4",
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "lang_code": "pt",
          "sense": "to kill, murder",
          "word": "assassinar"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "68 4 0 11 12 4",
          "code": "ro",
          "lang": "Romanian",
          "lang_code": "ro",
          "sense": "to kill, murder",
          "word": "omorî"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "68 4 0 11 12 4",
          "code": "ro",
          "lang": "Romanian",
          "lang_code": "ro",
          "sense": "to kill, murder",
          "word": "ucide"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "68 4 0 11 12 4",
          "code": "ro",
          "lang": "Romanian",
          "lang_code": "ro",
          "sense": "to kill, murder",
          "word": "asasina"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "68 4 0 11 12 4",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "lang_code": "ru",
          "roman": "ubítʹ",
          "sense": "to kill, murder",
          "tags": [
            "perfective"
          ],
          "word": "уби́ть"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "68 4 0 11 12 4",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "lang_code": "ru",
          "roman": "ubivátʹ",
          "sense": "to kill, murder",
          "tags": [
            "imperfective"
          ],
          "word": "убива́ть"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "68 4 0 11 12 4",
          "code": "sa",
          "lang": "Sanskrit",
          "lang_code": "sa",
          "roman": "hanti",
          "sense": "to kill, murder",
          "word": "हन्ति"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "68 4 0 11 12 4",
          "code": "es",
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          "source": "Thesaurus:copulate with",
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          "source": "Thesaurus:copulate with",
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          "source": "Thesaurus:copulate with",
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        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:copulate with",
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          "source": "Thesaurus:copulate with",
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          "source": "Thesaurus:copulate with",
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          "source": "Thesaurus:copulate with",
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        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:copulate with",
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        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:copulate with",
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          "source": "Thesaurus:copulate with",
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          "source": "Thesaurus:copulate with",
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          "source": "Thesaurus:copulate with",
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        {
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          "source": "Thesaurus:copulate with",
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        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:copulate with",
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        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:copulate with",
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          "source": "Thesaurus:copulate with",
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        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:copulate with",
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        {
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        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:copulate with",
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            "obsolete"
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        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:copulate with",
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        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:copulate with",
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        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:copulate with",
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            "UK"
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        {
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        {
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        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:copulate with",
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        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:copulate with",
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        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:copulate with",
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          "source": "Thesaurus:copulate with",
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        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:copulate with",
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          "source": "Thesaurus:copulate with",
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        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:copulate with",
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          "source": "Thesaurus:copulate with",
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      "word": "matar"
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      "roman": "shā",
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      "word": "殺 /杀"
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      "word": "殘殺 /残杀"
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      "word": "s-mA-A-T30"
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      "sense": "to kill, murder",
      "word": "tappaa"
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      "word": "surmata"
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      "word": "tuer"
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      "word": "assassiner"
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      "word": "occire"
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      "sense": "to kill, murder",
      "word": "töten"
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      "word": "erschlagen"
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      "word": "σκοτώνω"
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      "word": "ἀποκτείνω"
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      "sense": "to kill, murder",
      "word": "רָצַח"
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      "word": "हयना"
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      "lang_code": "hu",
      "sense": "to kill, murder",
      "word": "öl"
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      "lang_code": "is",
      "sense": "to kill, murder",
      "word": "bana"
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      "lang": "Ido",
      "lang_code": "io",
      "sense": "to kill, murder",
      "word": "ocidar"
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      "sense": "to kill, murder",
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      "word": "leikata"
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      "lang_code": "izh",
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      "word": "surmata"
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      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "lang_code": "it",
      "sense": "to kill, murder",
      "word": "uccidere"
    },
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      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "lang_code": "it",
      "sense": "to kill, murder",
      "word": "assassinare"
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    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "lang_code": "ja",
      "roman": "korosu",
      "sense": "to kill, murder",
      "word": "殺す"
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      "sense": "to kill, murder",
      "word": "occīdō"
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      "word": "interficiō"
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      "lang_code": "la",
      "sense": "to kill, murder",
      "word": "necō"
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      "sense": "to kill, murder",
      "word": "lētō"
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      "code": "lv",
      "lang": "Latvian",
      "lang_code": "lv",
      "sense": "to kill, murder",
      "word": "kaut"
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      "code": "lt",
      "lang": "Lithuanian",
      "lang_code": "lt",
      "sense": "to kill, murder",
      "word": "nužudyti"
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      "code": "oc",
      "lang": "Occitan",
      "lang_code": "oc",
      "sense": "to kill, murder",
      "word": "tuar"
    },
    {
      "code": "oc",
      "lang": "Occitan",
      "lang_code": "oc",
      "sense": "to kill, murder",
      "word": "matar"
    },
    {
      "code": "oc",
      "lang": "Occitan",
      "lang_code": "oc",
      "sense": "to kill, murder",
      "word": "assassinar"
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    {
      "code": "oc",
      "lang": "Occitan",
      "lang_code": "oc",
      "sense": "to kill, murder",
      "word": "aucir"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "lang_code": "pt",
      "sense": "to kill, murder",
      "word": "matar"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "lang_code": "pt",
      "sense": "to kill, murder",
      "word": "assassinar"
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    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "lang_code": "ro",
      "sense": "to kill, murder",
      "word": "omorî"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "lang_code": "ro",
      "sense": "to kill, murder",
      "word": "ucide"
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    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "lang_code": "ro",
      "sense": "to kill, murder",
      "word": "asasina"
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    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "lang_code": "ru",
      "roman": "ubítʹ",
      "sense": "to kill, murder",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "уби́ть"
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    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "lang_code": "ru",
      "roman": "ubivátʹ",
      "sense": "to kill, murder",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "убива́ть"
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    {
      "code": "sa",
      "lang": "Sanskrit",
      "lang_code": "sa",
      "roman": "hanti",
      "sense": "to kill, murder",
      "word": "हन्ति"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "lang_code": "es",
      "sense": "to kill, murder",
      "word": "matar"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "lang_code": "es",
      "sense": "to kill, murder",
      "word": "asesinar"
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    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "lang_code": "sv",
      "sense": "to kill, murder",
      "word": "dräpa"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "lang_code": "sv",
      "sense": "to kill, murder",
      "word": "slå ihjäl"
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    {
      "code": "tl",
      "lang": "Tagalog",
      "lang_code": "tl",
      "sense": "to kill, murder",
      "word": "patayin"
    },
    {
      "code": "tl",
      "lang": "Tagalog",
      "lang_code": "tl",
      "sense": "to kill, murder",
      "word": "paslangin"
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    {
      "code": "txb",
      "lang": "Tocharian B",
      "lang_code": "txb",
      "sense": "to kill, murder",
      "word": "kau-"
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    {
      "code": "tpi",
      "lang": "Tok Pisin",
      "lang_code": "tpi",
      "sense": "to kill, murder",
      "word": "kilim"
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