"slay" meaning in English

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Noun

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
    Sense id: en-slay-en-noun-p~Qcs-lL
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Verb

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, slayn, from Old English slēan (“to strike, beat, smite, stamp, forge, sting, slay, kill, impact”), from Proto-West Germanic *slahan, from Proto-Germanic *slahaną (“to fight, strike, kill”), from Proto-Indo-European *slak- (“to hit, strike, throw”). Cognate with Dutch slaan (“to beat, hit, strike”), Low German slaan (“hit, strike”), German schlagen (“to beat, hit, strike”), Danish, Norwegian and Swedish slå (“to knock, beat, strike”), Icelandic slá (“to strike”). Related to slaughter, onslaught. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|sleen}} Middle English sleen, {{m|enm|slayn}} slayn, {{inh|en|ang|slēan||to strike, beat, smite, stamp, forge, sting, slay, kill, impact}} Old English slēan (“to strike, beat, smite, stamp, forge, sting, slay, kill, impact”), {{inh|en|gmw-pro|*slahan}} Proto-West Germanic *slahan, {{inh|en|gem-pro|*slahaną||to fight, strike, kill}} Proto-Germanic *slahaną (“to fight, strike, kill”), {{der|en|ine-pro|*slak-||to hit, strike, throw}} Proto-Indo-European *slak- (“to hit, strike, throw”), {{cog|nl|slaan||to beat, hit, strike}} Dutch slaan (“to beat, hit, strike”), {{cog|nds|slaan||hit, strike}} Low German slaan (“hit, strike”), {{cog|de|schlagen||to beat, hit, strike}} German schlagen (“to beat, hit, strike”), {{cog|da|-}} Danish, {{cog|no|-}} Norwegian, {{cog|sv|slå||to knock, beat, strike}} Swedish slå (“to knock, beat, strike”), {{cog|is|slá||to strike}} Icelandic slá (“to strike”), {{l|en|slaughter}} slaughter, {{l|en|onslaught}} onslaught Head templates: {{en-verb|slays|slaying|slew|slain|past2=slayed|past_ptc2=slayed|past_ptc3=yslain|past_ptc3_qual=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. (now literary) To kill; to murder. Tags: literary Categories (topical): Death, Murder Synonyms (to kill, murder): kill 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), (Chinese Mandarin), (shā) (Chinese Mandarin), 謀殺 (Chinese Mandarin), 谋杀 (móushā) (Chinese Mandarin), 殘殺 (Chinese Mandarin), 残杀 (cánshā) (Chinese Mandarin), 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), 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), kau- (Tocharian B), kilim (Tok Pisin)
    Sense id: en-slay-en-verb-yXYw66zA Disambiguation of Death: 2 23 2 4 19 21 28 Disambiguation of Murder: 4 40 5 5 12 15 20 Disambiguation of 'to kill, murder': 82 5 0 0 13 0 Disambiguation of 'to kill, murder': 82 5 0 0 13 0
  2. (literary) To eradicate or stamp out. Tags: literary
    Sense id: en-slay-en-verb-OsgAsDgE
  3. (by extension, hyperbolic, colloquial) To defeat; to overcome (in a competition or contest). Tags: broadly, colloquial, excessive Synonyms (to defeat, overcome): conquer, defeat, overcome
    Sense id: en-slay-en-verb-1ElyvHHF Categories (other): English hyperboles Disambiguation of 'to defeat, overcome': 0 4 87 4 2 3
  4. (slang) To delight or overwhelm, especially with laughter. Tags: slang Categories (topical): Death, Violence Synonyms (to overwhelm or delight): kill, hit it out of the park
    Sense id: en-slay-en-verb-0CU5NTEg Disambiguation of Death: 2 23 2 4 19 21 28 Disambiguation of Violence: 9 5 10 15 27 16 17 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 6 2 5 5 27 29 25 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 5 2 4 5 26 32 25 Disambiguation of 'to overwhelm or delight': 0 7 8 76 4 5
  5. (slang, especially African-American Vernacular and LGBT, transitive, intransitive) To amaze, stun, or otherwise incapacitate by excellence; to excel at something. Tags: intransitive, slang, transitive Categories (topical): LGBT, Death Synonyms: kill
    Sense id: en-slay-en-verb-hQnujiab Disambiguation of Death: 2 23 2 4 19 21 28 Categories (other): African-American Vernacular English, English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 6 2 5 5 27 29 25 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 5 2 4 5 26 32 25 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 6 2 4 5 22 40 21
  6. (slang) To have sex with. Tags: slang Categories (topical): Death Synonyms (have sex with): coitize
    Sense id: en-slay-en-verb-pqiUiagB Disambiguation of Death: 2 23 2 4 19 21 28 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 6 2 5 5 27 29 25 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 5 2 4 5 26 32 25 Disambiguation of 'have sex with': 0 2 1 1 1 96
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: murder, assassinate, kill, go to bed with, sleep with, copulate with Derived forms: foreslay, hack-and-slay, slay queen, slayee, slayer, slay someone in the Spirit Related terms: onslaught, slaughter, self-slaughter
Etymology number: 1

Inflected forms

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          "text": "The knight slew the dragon.",
          "type": "example"
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          "text": "Our foes must all be slain.",
          "type": "example"
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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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        {
          "_dis1": "82 5 0 0 13 0",
          "code": "ar",
          "lang": "Arabic",
          "roman": "qatala",
          "sense": "to kill, murder",
          "word": "قَتَلَ"
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          "_dis1": "82 5 0 0 13 0",
          "code": "ar",
          "lang": "Arabic",
          "roman": "ʔazhaqa rūḥahu",
          "sense": "to kill, murder",
          "word": "أَزْهَقَ رُوحَهُ"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "82 5 0 0 13 0",
          "code": "ar",
          "lang": "Arabic",
          "roman": "ḏabaḥa",
          "sense": "to kill, murder",
          "word": "ذَبَحَ"
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        {
          "_dis1": "82 5 0 0 13 0",
          "code": "hy",
          "lang": "Armenian",
          "roman": "spanel",
          "sense": "to kill, murder",
          "word": "սպանել"
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        {
          "_dis1": "82 5 0 0 13 0",
          "code": "be",
          "lang": "Belarusian",
          "roman": "zabivácʹ",
          "sense": "to kill, murder",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "забіва́ць"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "82 5 0 0 13 0",
          "code": "be",
          "lang": "Belarusian",
          "roman": "zabícʹ",
          "sense": "to kill, murder",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "забі́ць"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "82 5 0 0 13 0",
          "code": "bg",
          "lang": "Bulgarian",
          "roman": "ubivam",
          "sense": "to kill, murder",
          "word": "убивам"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "82 5 0 0 13 0",
          "code": "ca",
          "lang": "Catalan",
          "sense": "to kill, murder",
          "word": "matar"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "82 5 0 0 13 0",
          "code": "ca",
          "lang": "Catalan",
          "sense": "to kill, murder",
          "word": "assassinar"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "82 5 0 0 13 0",
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "sense": "to kill, murder",
          "word": "殺"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "82 5 0 0 13 0",
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "shā",
          "sense": "to kill, murder",
          "word": "杀"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "82 5 0 0 13 0",
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "sense": "to kill, murder",
          "word": "謀殺"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "82 5 0 0 13 0",
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "móushā",
          "sense": "to kill, murder",
          "word": "谋杀"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "82 5 0 0 13 0",
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "sense": "to kill, murder",
          "word": "殘殺"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "82 5 0 0 13 0",
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "cánshā",
          "sense": "to kill, murder",
          "word": "残杀"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "82 5 0 0 13 0",
          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "to kill, murder",
          "word": "doden"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "82 5 0 0 13 0",
          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "to kill, murder",
          "word": "vermoorden"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "82 5 0 0 13 0",
          "code": "egy",
          "lang": "Egyptian",
          "roman": "smꜣ",
          "sense": "to kill, murder",
          "word": "s-mA-A-T30"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "82 5 0 0 13 0",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "to kill, murder",
          "word": "tappaa"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "82 5 0 0 13 0",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "to kill, murder",
          "word": "surmata"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "82 5 0 0 13 0",
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "to kill, murder",
          "word": "tuer"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "82 5 0 0 13 0",
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "to kill, murder",
          "word": "assassiner"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "82 5 0 0 13 0",
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "to kill, murder",
          "word": "occire"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "82 5 0 0 13 0",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "to kill, murder",
          "word": "töten"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "82 5 0 0 13 0",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "to kill, murder",
          "word": "umbringen"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "82 5 0 0 13 0",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "to kill, murder",
          "word": "erschlagen"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "82 5 0 0 13 0",
          "code": "el",
          "lang": "Greek",
          "roman": "skotóno",
          "sense": "to kill, murder",
          "word": "σκοτώνω"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "82 5 0 0 13 0",
          "code": "grc",
          "lang": "Ancient Greek",
          "roman": "apokteínō",
          "sense": "to kill, murder",
          "word": "ἀποκτείνω"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "82 5 0 0 13 0",
          "code": "he",
          "lang": "Hebrew",
          "roman": "raṣáḥ",
          "sense": "to kill, murder",
          "word": "רָצַח"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "82 5 0 0 13 0",
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "to kill, murder",
          "word": "öl"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "82 5 0 0 13 0",
          "code": "is",
          "lang": "Icelandic",
          "sense": "to kill, murder",
          "word": "bana"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "82 5 0 0 13 0",
          "code": "io",
          "lang": "Ido",
          "sense": "to kill, murder",
          "word": "ocidar"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "82 5 0 0 13 0",
          "code": "izh",
          "lang": "Ingrian",
          "sense": "to kill, murder",
          "word": "tappaa"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "82 5 0 0 13 0",
          "code": "izh",
          "lang": "Ingrian",
          "sense": "to kill, murder",
          "word": "mukistaa"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "82 5 0 0 13 0",
          "code": "izh",
          "lang": "Ingrian",
          "sense": "to kill, murder",
          "word": "leikata"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "82 5 0 0 13 0",
          "code": "izh",
          "lang": "Ingrian",
          "sense": "to kill, murder",
          "word": "surmata"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "82 5 0 0 13 0",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "to kill, murder",
          "word": "uccidere"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "82 5 0 0 13 0",
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          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "to kill, murder",
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          "_dis1": "82 5 0 0 13 0",
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          "roman": "korosu",
          "sense": "to kill, murder",
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        {
          "_dis1": "82 5 0 0 13 0",
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          "_dis1": "82 5 0 0 13 0",
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          "_dis1": "82 5 0 0 13 0",
          "code": "la",
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          "sense": "to kill, murder",
          "word": "lētō"
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        {
          "_dis1": "82 5 0 0 13 0",
          "code": "lv",
          "lang": "Latvian",
          "sense": "to kill, murder",
          "word": "kaut"
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        {
          "_dis1": "82 5 0 0 13 0",
          "code": "lt",
          "lang": "Lithuanian",
          "sense": "to kill, murder",
          "word": "nužudyti"
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        {
          "_dis1": "82 5 0 0 13 0",
          "code": "oc",
          "lang": "Occitan",
          "sense": "to kill, murder",
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        {
          "_dis1": "82 5 0 0 13 0",
          "code": "oc",
          "lang": "Occitan",
          "sense": "to kill, murder",
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          "_dis1": "82 5 0 0 13 0",
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          "lang": "Occitan",
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        {
          "_dis1": "82 5 0 0 13 0",
          "code": "oc",
          "lang": "Occitan",
          "sense": "to kill, murder",
          "word": "aucir"
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        {
          "_dis1": "82 5 0 0 13 0",
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "to kill, murder",
          "word": "matar"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "82 5 0 0 13 0",
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "to kill, murder",
          "word": "assassinar"
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        {
          "_dis1": "82 5 0 0 13 0",
          "code": "ro",
          "lang": "Romanian",
          "sense": "to kill, murder",
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        {
          "_dis1": "82 5 0 0 13 0",
          "code": "ro",
          "lang": "Romanian",
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        {
          "_dis1": "82 5 0 0 13 0",
          "code": "ru",
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          "roman": "ubivátʹ",
          "sense": "to kill, murder",
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          "word": "убива́ть"
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          "_dis1": "82 5 0 0 13 0",
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        {
          "_dis1": "82 5 0 0 13 0",
          "code": "es",
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          "word": "matar"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "82 5 0 0 13 0",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "to kill, murder",
          "word": "asesinar"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "82 5 0 0 13 0",
          "code": "sv",
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          "sense": "to kill, murder",
          "word": "dräpa"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "82 5 0 0 13 0",
          "code": "sv",
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          "word": "slå ihjäl"
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          "_dis1": "82 5 0 0 13 0",
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        {
          "_dis1": "0 4 87 4 2 3",
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          "_dis1": "0 4 87 4 2 3",
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        {
          "text": "Ha ha! You slay me!",
          "type": "example"
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        {
          "ref": "1971, Richard Carpenter, Catweazle and the Magic Zodiac, Harmondsworth: Puffin Books, page 29",
          "text": "He snapped his fingers contemptuously at the alarm clock. \"I fear thee not, thou ticking tyrant.\" \"You slay me,\" grinned Cedric.",
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        {
          "_dis1": "0 7 8 76 4 5",
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          "_dis1": "0 7 8 76 4 5",
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          "kind": "other",
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          "text": "Your outfit slays!",
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          "ref": "2023 September 19, Chaise Sanders, “50 Best Halloween Costumes of All Time, From the Classics to the Truly Unique”, in Cosmopolitan",
          "text": "Movie buffs will love this costume from Beetlejuice. And even if you don't have someone to double team this look with, each costume can easily slay on its own.",
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        "(slang, especially African-American Vernacular and LGBT, transitive, intransitive) To amaze, stun, or otherwise incapacitate by excellence; to excel at something."
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        {
          "text": "2015 Sexual Harassment in Education and Work Settings: Current Research and Best Practices for Prevention\nThe Online Slang Dictionary offers nearly 200 words referring to sexual intercourse. Many of the terms and phrases connote violence, such as: “bang,” “beat,” “chopped up,” “cut,” “hit,” “hit raw,” “hit that,” “kick it,” “nail,” “pound,” “ram,” “slap and tickle,” “slay,” “smack,” “smash,” and “spank”"
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        "(slang) To have sex with."
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      "ipa": "/sleɪ/"
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      "rhymes": "-eɪ"
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      "homophone": "sleigh"
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      "homophone": "sley"
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      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
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      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
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  "etymology_number": 2,
  "etymology_text": "See sley",
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}
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      "word": "foreslay"
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    {
      "word": "hack-and-slay"
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    {
      "word": "slay queen"
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      "word": "slayee"
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      "word": "slayer"
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      "args": {
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      "args": {
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      "form": "slayed",
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        "obsolete",
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      "word": "onslaught"
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      "word": "slaughter"
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      "word": "self-slaughter"
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        "English terms with usage examples"
      ],
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        {
          "text": "The knight slew the dragon.",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "text": "Our foes must all be slain.",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "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.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "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.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
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        "(now literary) To kill; to murder."
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        "literary"
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      ],
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          "type": "example"
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        "To eradicate or stamp out."
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        "(literary) To eradicate or stamp out."
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          "text": "1956 December 31, “Giants Slay Bears in Pro Title Battle”, in Lodi News-Sentinel, page 8:",
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        },
        {
          "text": "1985 November 19, “Redskins slay Giants; Thiesmann shatters leg”, in The Gadsden Times, pages D1-5:",
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        },
        {
          "ref": "1993 April 21, Jack Curry, “Yanks’ Bullpen Falls Short Again”, in The New York Times",
          "text": "The Yankees were actually slayed by two former Yankees because Rich Gossage pitched one scoreless inning in relief of Eckersley to notch his first victory.",
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        }
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        {
          "text": "Ha ha! You slay me!",
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        {
          "ref": "1971, Richard Carpenter, Catweazle and the Magic Zodiac, Harmondsworth: Puffin Books, page 29",
          "text": "He snapped his fingers contemptuously at the alarm clock. \"I fear thee not, thou ticking tyrant.\" \"You slay me,\" grinned Cedric.",
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        "(slang) To delight or overwhelm, especially with laughter."
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        "slang"
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        "English slang",
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        "English terms with usage examples",
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        {
          "text": "Your outfit slays!",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2023 September 19, Chaise Sanders, “50 Best Halloween Costumes of All Time, From the Classics to the Truly Unique”, in Cosmopolitan",
          "text": "Movie buffs will love this costume from Beetlejuice. And even if you don't have someone to double team this look with, each costume can easily slay on its own.",
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        }
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          "transitive",
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        [
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          "intransitive"
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        [
          "amaze",
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        [
          "stun",
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        [
          "excellence",
          "excellence"
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          "excel",
          "excel"
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      "qualifier": "especially African-American Vernacular and LGBT",
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        "(slang, especially African-American Vernacular and LGBT, transitive, intransitive) To amaze, stun, or otherwise incapacitate by excellence; to excel at something."
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          "word": "kill"
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      ],
      "tags": [
        "intransitive",
        "slang",
        "transitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English slang"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "2015 Sexual Harassment in Education and Work Settings: Current Research and Best Practices for Prevention\nThe Online Slang Dictionary offers nearly 200 words referring to sexual intercourse. Many of the terms and phrases connote violence, such as: “bang,” “beat,” “chopped up,” “cut,” “hit,” “hit raw,” “hit that,” “kick it,” “nail,” “pound,” “ram,” “slap and tickle,” “slay,” “smack,” “smash,” and “spank”"
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      "glosses": [
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        "(slang) To have sex with."
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    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-eɪ"
    },
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      "homophone": "sleigh"
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    {
      "homophone": "sley"
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    {
      "enpr": "slā"
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      "sense": "to kill, murder",
      "word": "kill"
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    {
      "word": "murder"
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    {
      "word": "assassinate"
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    {
      "word": "kill"
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    {
      "sense": "to defeat, overcome",
      "word": "conquer"
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    {
      "sense": "to defeat, overcome",
      "word": "defeat"
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    {
      "sense": "to defeat, overcome",
      "word": "overcome"
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    {
      "sense": "to overwhelm or delight",
      "word": "kill"
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    {
      "sense": "to overwhelm or delight",
      "word": "hit it out of the park"
    },
    {
      "sense": "have sex with",
      "word": "coitize"
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    {
      "word": "go to bed with"
    },
    {
      "word": "sleep with"
    },
    {
      "word": "copulate with"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "qatala",
      "sense": "to kill, murder",
      "word": "قَتَلَ"
    },
    {
      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "ʔazhaqa rūḥahu",
      "sense": "to kill, murder",
      "word": "أَزْهَقَ رُوحَهُ"
    },
    {
      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "ḏabaḥa",
      "sense": "to kill, murder",
      "word": "ذَبَحَ"
    },
    {
      "code": "hy",
      "lang": "Armenian",
      "roman": "spanel",
      "sense": "to kill, murder",
      "word": "սպանել"
    },
    {
      "code": "be",
      "lang": "Belarusian",
      "roman": "zabivácʹ",
      "sense": "to kill, murder",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "забіва́ць"
    },
    {
      "code": "be",
      "lang": "Belarusian",
      "roman": "zabícʹ",
      "sense": "to kill, murder",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "забі́ць"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "ubivam",
      "sense": "to kill, murder",
      "word": "убивам"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "to kill, murder",
      "word": "matar"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "to kill, murder",
      "word": "assassinar"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "to kill, murder",
      "word": "殺"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "shā",
      "sense": "to kill, murder",
      "word": "杀"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "to kill, murder",
      "word": "謀殺"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "móushā",
      "sense": "to kill, murder",
      "word": "谋杀"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "to kill, murder",
      "word": "殘殺"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "cánshā",
      "sense": "to kill, murder",
      "word": "残杀"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "to kill, murder",
      "word": "doden"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "to kill, murder",
      "word": "vermoorden"
    },
    {
      "code": "egy",
      "lang": "Egyptian",
      "roman": "smꜣ",
      "sense": "to kill, murder",
      "word": "s-mA-A-T30"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to kill, murder",
      "word": "tappaa"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to kill, murder",
      "word": "surmata"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "to kill, murder",
      "word": "tuer"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "to kill, murder",
      "word": "assassiner"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "to kill, murder",
      "word": "occire"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to kill, murder",
      "word": "töten"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to kill, murder",
      "word": "umbringen"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to kill, murder",
      "word": "erschlagen"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "skotóno",
      "sense": "to kill, murder",
      "word": "σκοτώνω"
    },
    {
      "code": "grc",
      "lang": "Ancient Greek",
      "roman": "apokteínō",
      "sense": "to kill, murder",
      "word": "ἀποκτείνω"
    },
    {
      "code": "he",
      "lang": "Hebrew",
      "roman": "raṣáḥ",
      "sense": "to kill, murder",
      "word": "רָצַח"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "to kill, murder",
      "word": "öl"
    },
    {
      "code": "is",
      "lang": "Icelandic",
      "sense": "to kill, murder",
      "word": "bana"
    },
    {
      "code": "io",
      "lang": "Ido",
      "sense": "to kill, murder",
      "word": "ocidar"
    },
    {
      "code": "izh",
      "lang": "Ingrian",
      "sense": "to kill, murder",
      "word": "tappaa"
    },
    {
      "code": "izh",
      "lang": "Ingrian",
      "sense": "to kill, murder",
      "word": "mukistaa"
    },
    {
      "code": "izh",
      "lang": "Ingrian",
      "sense": "to kill, murder",
      "word": "leikata"
    },
    {
      "code": "izh",
      "lang": "Ingrian",
      "sense": "to kill, murder",
      "word": "surmata"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "to kill, murder",
      "word": "uccidere"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "to kill, murder",
      "word": "assassinare"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "korosu",
      "sense": "to kill, murder",
      "word": "殺す"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "to kill, murder",
      "word": "occīdō"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "to kill, murder",
      "word": "interficiō"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "to kill, murder",
      "word": "necō"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "to kill, murder",
      "word": "lētō"
    },
    {
      "code": "lv",
      "lang": "Latvian",
      "sense": "to kill, murder",
      "word": "kaut"
    },
    {
      "code": "lt",
      "lang": "Lithuanian",
      "sense": "to kill, murder",
      "word": "nužudyti"
    },
    {
      "code": "oc",
      "lang": "Occitan",
      "sense": "to kill, murder",
      "word": "tuar"
    },
    {
      "code": "oc",
      "lang": "Occitan",
      "sense": "to kill, murder",
      "word": "matar"
    },
    {
      "code": "oc",
      "lang": "Occitan",
      "sense": "to kill, murder",
      "word": "assassinar"
    },
    {
      "code": "oc",
      "lang": "Occitan",
      "sense": "to kill, murder",
      "word": "aucir"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "to kill, murder",
      "word": "matar"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "to kill, murder",
      "word": "assassinar"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "to kill, murder",
      "word": "omorî"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "to kill, murder",
      "word": "ucide"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "to kill, murder",
      "word": "asasina"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "ubítʹ",
      "sense": "to kill, murder",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "уби́ть"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "ubivátʹ",
      "sense": "to kill, murder",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "убива́ть"
    },
    {
      "code": "sa",
      "lang": "Sanskrit",
      "roman": "hanti",
      "sense": "to kill, murder",
      "word": "हन्ति"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to kill, murder",
      "word": "matar"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to kill, murder",
      "word": "asesinar"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "to kill, murder",
      "word": "dräpa"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "to kill, murder",
      "word": "slå ihjäl"
    },
    {
      "code": "txb",
      "lang": "Tocharian B",
      "sense": "to kill, murder",
      "word": "kau-"
    },
    {
      "code": "tpi",
      "lang": "Tok Pisin",
      "sense": "to kill, murder",
      "word": "kilim"
    }
  ],
  "word": "slay"
}

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    "English nouns",
    "en:Death",
    "en:Murder",
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  "etymology_number": 2,
  "etymology_text": "See sley",
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        "plural"
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  "pos": "noun",
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    {
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          "word": "sley"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Alternative form of sley"
      ],
      "links": [
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          "sley",
          "sley#English"
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  "word": "slay"
}

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